How To Install libclc-ptx on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclc-ptx on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libclc-ptx
libclc-ptx is:
libclc is an open implementation of the OpenCL C programming language, as specified by the OpenCL 1.1 Specification.
This package contains support for the PTX platform.
Package: libclc-ptx Architecture: all Version: 0.2.0+git20190827-4 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra Section: universe/libs Source: libclc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenCL team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 16431 Depends: libclc-dev (= 0.2.0+git20190827-4), libclang-common-9-dev Filename: pool/universe/libc/libclc/libclc-ptx_0.2.0+git20190827-4_all.deb Size: 2651920 MD5sum: 8d2f50289a1aa4a3fc8aab0fc6a08bd3 SHA1: 17c605532231c5ff9c6a17c033ba991fba11b680 SHA256: 2aa3c8af36d85393eaa89ee535a181e17b4c04523a8a23561cc7113cfbff4cb8 Homepage: https://libclc.llvm.org Description-en: OpenCL C language implementation - ptx support libclc is an open implementation of the OpenCL C programming language, as specified by the OpenCL 1.1 Specification.
This package contains support for the PTX platform.
There are three methods to install libclc-ptx 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 libclc-ptx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libclc-ptx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclc-ptx
Install libclc-ptx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclc-ptx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclc-ptx
Install libclc-ptx 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 libclc-ptx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclc-ptx
How To Uninstall libclc-ptx on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libclc-ptx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclc-ptx
Uninstall libclc-ptx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclc-ptx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclc-ptx
Remove libclc-ptx Configurations and Data
To remove libclc-ptx configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclc-ptx
Remove libclc-ptx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclc-ptx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclc-ptx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclc-ptx package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
