How To Install libpoclu1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoclu1 on Debian 9. libpoclu1 is utility library for writing OpenCL programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoclu1 on Debian 9.

What is libpoclu1

libpoclu1 is:

Portable Computing Language is an open source implementation of the OpenCL standard which can be easily adapted for new targets. One of the goals of the project is improving performance portability of OpenCL programs, avoiding the need for target-dependent manual optimizations. A “native” target is included, which allows running OpenCL kernels on the host (CPU).

This package provides an small utility library to help writing OpenCL programs.

There are three methods to install libpoclu1 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 libpoclu1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpoclu1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpoclu1

Install libpoclu1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpoclu1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpoclu1

Install libpoclu1 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 libpoclu1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpoclu1

How To Uninstall libpoclu1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpoclu1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpoclu1

Uninstall libpoclu1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpoclu1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoclu1

Remove libpoclu1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpoclu1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpoclu1

Remove libpoclu1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpoclu1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpoclu1

Dependencies

libpoclu1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoclu1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.