How To Install libembree-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. libembree-doc is High Performance Ray Tracing Kernels - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libembree-doc

libembree-doc is:

Intel(R) Embree is a collection of high-performance ray tracing kernels, developed at Intel. The target users of Intel(R) Embree are graphics application engineers who want to improve the performance of their photo-realistic rendering application by leveraging Embree’s performance-optimized ray tracing kernels. The kernels are optimized for the latest Intel(R) processors with support for SSE, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512 instructions. Intel(R) Embree supports runtime code selection to choose the traversal and build algorithms that best matches the instruction set of your CPU.

This package provides the official documentation.

There are three methods to install libembree-doc 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 libembree-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libembree-doc

Install libembree-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libembree-doc

Install libembree-doc 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 libembree-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libembree-doc

How To Uninstall libembree-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libembree-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libembree-doc

Uninstall libembree-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libembree-doc

Remove libembree-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libembree-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libembree-doc

Remove libembree-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libembree-doc

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Summary

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