How To Install libarrayfire-unified3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-unified3
on Debian 9.
What is libarrayfire-unified3
libarrayfire-unified3 is:
ArrayFire is a high performance software library for parallel computing with an easy-to-use API. Its array based function set makes parallel programming simple.
ArrayFire’s multiple backends (CUDA, OpenCL and native CPU) make it platform independent and highly portable.
A few lines of code in ArrayFire can replace dozens of lines of parallel computing code, saving you valuable time and lowering development costs.
This package provides the unified backend of the ArrayFire library.
There are three methods to install libarrayfire-unified3
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 libarrayfire-unified3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-unified3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libarrayfire-unified3
Install libarrayfire-unified3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-unified3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libarrayfire-unified3
Install libarrayfire-unified3 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 libarrayfire-unified3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libarrayfire-unified3
How To Uninstall libarrayfire-unified3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libarrayfire-unified3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libarrayfire-unified3
Uninstall libarrayfire-unified3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libarrayfire-unified3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarrayfire-unified3
Remove libarrayfire-unified3 Configurations and Data
To remove libarrayfire-unified3
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libarrayfire-unified3
Remove libarrayfire-unified3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libarrayfire-unified3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarrayfire-unified3
Dependencies
libarrayfire-unified3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-unified3
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.