How To Install libembree3-3 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree3-3 on Ubuntu 22.04. libembree3-3 is High Performance Ray Tracing Kernels - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree3-3 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libembree3-3

libembree3-3 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 contains the runtime library for building programs that use Embree.

There are three methods to install libembree3-3 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 libembree3-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libembree3-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libembree3-3

Install libembree3-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libembree3-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libembree3-3

Install libembree3-3 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 libembree3-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libembree3-3

How To Uninstall libembree3-3 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libembree3-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libembree3-3

Uninstall libembree3-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libembree3-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libembree3-3

Remove libembree3-3 Configurations and Data

To remove libembree3-3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libembree3-3

Remove libembree3-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libembree3-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libembree3-3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree3-3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.