How To Install mesa-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mesa-opencl-icd
mesa-opencl-icd is:
This package contains the mesa implementation of the OpenCL (Open Compute Language) library, which is intended for use with an ICD loader. OpenCL provides a standardized interface for computational analysis on graphical processing units.
Package: mesa-opencl-icd Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: mesa Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 49473 Provides: opencl-icd Depends: libclc-r600 (>= 0.2.0+git20180312-1~), libclc-amdgcn (>= 0.2.0+git20180312-1~), ocl-icd-libopencl1 | libopencl1, libc6 (>= 2.29), libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.100), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.66), libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.31), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libllvm9 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libzstd1 (>= 1.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Filename: pool/universe/m/mesa/mesa-opencl-icd_20.0.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9390212 MD5sum: 856ff11bcd3f020f973a97984b30bb39 SHA1: 9c31c27f5663e6ceca65c8b18a11f645df55d20a SHA256: 08ab349045b41036c75e76167c83653c02cb1eb6b1aa37206ed0a005460f105b Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/ Description-en: free implementation of the OpenCL API – ICD runtime This package contains the mesa implementation of the OpenCL (Open Compute Language) library, which is intended for use with an ICD loader. OpenCL provides a standardized interface for computational analysis on graphical processing units.
There are three methods to install mesa-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mesa-opencl-icd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-opencl-icd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mesa-opencl-icd
Install mesa-opencl-icd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-opencl-icd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mesa-opencl-icd
Install mesa-opencl-icd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-opencl-icd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mesa-opencl-icd
How To Uninstall mesa-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mesa-opencl-icd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mesa-opencl-icd
Uninstall mesa-opencl-icd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mesa-opencl-icd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mesa-opencl-icd
Remove mesa-opencl-icd Configurations and Data
To remove mesa-opencl-icd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mesa-opencl-icd
Remove mesa-opencl-icd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mesa-opencl-icd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mesa-opencl-icd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-opencl-icd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
