How To Install intel-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-opencl-icd
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is intel-opencl-icd
intel-opencl-icd is:
The Intel(R) Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL(TM) is a open source project to converge Intel’s development efforts on OpenCL(TM) compute stacks supporting the GEN graphics hardware architecture.
Supported platforms:
- Intel Core Processors with Gen8 GPU (Broadwell) - OpenCL 2.1
- Intel Core Processors with Gen9 GPU (Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake) - OpenCL 2.1
- Intel Atom Processors with Gen9 GPU (Apollo Lake, Gemini Lake) - OpenCL 1.2
- Intel Core Processors with Gen11 GPU (Ice Lake) - OpenCL 2.1
There are three methods to install intel-opencl-icd
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install intel-opencl-icd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-opencl-icd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install intel-opencl-icd
Install intel-opencl-icd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-opencl-icd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install intel-opencl-icd
Install intel-opencl-icd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-opencl-icd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install intel-opencl-icd
How To Uninstall intel-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the intel-opencl-icd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove intel-opencl-icd
Uninstall intel-opencl-icd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall intel-opencl-icd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-opencl-icd
Remove intel-opencl-icd Configurations and Data
To remove intel-opencl-icd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge intel-opencl-icd
Remove intel-opencl-icd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove intel-opencl-icd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-opencl-icd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-opencl-icd
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.