How To Install libiomp5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiomp5 on Debian 9.
What is libiomp5
libiomp5 is:
The runtime is the part of the OpenMP implementation that your code is linked against, and that manages the multiple threads in an OpenMP program while it is executing.
This package has been replaced by the LLVM sources. This is the Intel version moved under the LLVM umbrella. This is a dependency package.
There are three methods to install libiomp5 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libiomp5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libiomp5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libiomp5
Install libiomp5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libiomp5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libiomp5
Install libiomp5 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libiomp5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiomp5
How To Uninstall libiomp5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libiomp5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libiomp5
Uninstall libiomp5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libiomp5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiomp5
Remove libiomp5 Configurations and Data
To remove libiomp5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libiomp5
Remove libiomp5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libiomp5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiomp5
Dependencies
libiomp5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiomp5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
