How To Install libcilkrts5 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcilkrts5 on Ubuntu 20.04. libcilkrts5 is Intel Cilk Plus language extensions (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcilkrts5 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libcilkrts5

libcilkrts5 is:

Intel Cilk Plus is an extension to the C and C++ languages to support data and task parallelism.

There are three methods to install libcilkrts5 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcilkrts5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcilkrts5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcilkrts5

Install libcilkrts5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcilkrts5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcilkrts5

Install libcilkrts5 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 libcilkrts5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcilkrts5

How To Uninstall libcilkrts5 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libcilkrts5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcilkrts5

Uninstall libcilkrts5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcilkrts5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcilkrts5

Remove libcilkrts5 Configurations and Data

To remove libcilkrts5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcilkrts5

Remove libcilkrts5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcilkrts5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcilkrts5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcilkrts5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.