How To Install nvidia-libopencl1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1 on Kali Linux.
What is nvidia-libopencl1
nvidia-libopencl1 is:
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multivendor open standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include CPUs, GPUs and other processors.
The OpenCL installable client driver loader (ICD Loader) acts as a dispatcher between an OpenCL application and one (or more) installable client drivers (ICD) that can be from any vendor. At least one ICD (and the corresponding hardware) is required to run OpenCL applications.
This package contains the ICD Loader library provided by NVIDIA. This library supports OpenCL 1.x and 2.0 only.
There are three methods to install nvidia-libopencl1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nvidia-libopencl1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-libopencl1Install nvidia-libopencl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-libopencl1Install nvidia-libopencl1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-libopencl1How To Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nvidia-libopencl1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-libopencl1Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-libopencl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-libopencl1Remove nvidia-libopencl1 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-libopencl1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-libopencl1Remove nvidia-libopencl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-libopencl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-libopencl1Dependencies
nvidia-libopencl1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
