How To Install beignet-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet-dev on Debian 9.
What is beignet-dev
beignet-dev is:
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multivendor open standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include CPUs, GPUs and other processors.
This package contains the documentation specific to the Intel implementation, the development files for Intel OpenCL extensions, and an OpenCL testing tool.
There are three methods to install beignet-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install beignet-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install beignet-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install beignet-dev
Install beignet-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install beignet-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install beignet-dev
Install beignet-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install beignet-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install beignet-dev
How To Uninstall beignet-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the beignet-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove beignet-dev
Uninstall beignet-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall beignet-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove beignet-dev
Remove beignet-dev Configurations and Data
To remove beignet-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge beignet-dev
Remove beignet-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove beignet-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge beignet-dev
Dependencies
beignet-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
