How To Install libxir-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxir-dev on Debian 12.
What is libxir-dev
libxir-dev is:
Xilinx Intermediate Representation (XIR) is a graph based intermediate representation of the AI algorithms which is well designed for compilation and efficient deployment of the Domain-specific Processing Unit (DPU) on the FPGA platform. Advanced users can apply Whole Application Acceleration to benefit from the power of FPGA by extending the XIR to support customized IP in Vitis AI flow.
XIR includes Op, Tensor, Graph and Subgraph libraries, which providing a clear and flexible representation for the computational graph. For now, it’s the foundation for the Vitis AI quantizer, compiler, runtime and many other tools. XIR provides in-memory format, and file format for different usage. The in-memory format XIR is a Graph object, and the file format is a xmodel. A Graph object can be serialized to a xmodel while the xmodel can be deserialized to the Graph object.
In the Op library, there’s a well-defined set of operators to cover the wildly used deep learning frameworks, e.g. TensorFlow, Pytorch and Caffe, and all of the built-in operators for DPU. This enhences the expression ability and achieves one of the core goals of eliminating the difference between these frameworks and providing a unified representation for users and developers.
XIR also provides a Python APIs which is named PyXIR. It enables Python users to fully access XIR and benefits in a pure Python environment, e.g. co-develop and integrate users’ Python project with the current XIR based tools without massive dirty work to fix the gap between two languages.
This package provides the development environment for XIR.
There are three methods to install libxir-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 libxir-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 libxir-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxir-dev
Install libxir-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxir-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxir-dev
Install libxir-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 libxir-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxir-dev
How To Uninstall libxir-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libxir-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxir-dev
Uninstall libxir-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxir-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxir-dev
Remove libxir-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxir-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxir-dev
Remove libxir-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxir-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxir-dev
Dependencies
libxir-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxir-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
