How To Install librocm-smi-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librocm-smi-dev on Debian 12.
What is librocm-smi-dev
librocm-smi-dev is:
ROCm SMI is part of the ROCm software stack. It is a C library for Linux that provides a user-space interface for applications to monitor and control GPU applications.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install librocm-smi-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librocm-smi-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 librocm-smi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librocm-smi-dev
Install librocm-smi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librocm-smi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librocm-smi-dev
Install librocm-smi-dev 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 librocm-smi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librocm-smi-dev
How To Uninstall librocm-smi-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the librocm-smi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librocm-smi-dev
Uninstall librocm-smi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librocm-smi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librocm-smi-dev
Remove librocm-smi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librocm-smi-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librocm-smi-dev
Remove librocm-smi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librocm-smi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librocm-smi-dev
Dependencies
librocm-smi-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librocm-smi-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
