How To Install libigdgmm-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libigdgmm-dev on Kali Linux. libigdgmm-dev is Intel Graphics Memory Management Library – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libigdgmm-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libigdgmm-dev

libigdgmm-dev is:

The Intel Graphics Memory Management Library provides device specific and buffer management for the Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL and the Intel Media Driver for VAAPI.

This library is only useful for Broadwell and newer CPUs.

This package includes files for development.

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

Install libigdgmm-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libigdgmm-dev

Install libigdgmm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libigdgmm-dev

Install libigdgmm-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libigdgmm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libigdgmm-dev

How To Uninstall libigdgmm-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libigdgmm-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libigdgmm-dev

Uninstall libigdgmm-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libigdgmm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libigdgmm-dev

Remove libigdgmm-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libigdgmm-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libigdgmm-dev

Remove libigdgmm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libigdgmm-dev

Dependencies

libigdgmm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libigdgmm-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.