How To Install python-pygpu on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygpu on Debian 10.
What is python-pygpu
python-pygpu is:
libgpuarray provides a ndarray (multi-dimensional array) object which is computed on the GPU. It supports int, single and double precision floats.
libgpuarray supports Nvidia’s CUDA interface as well as OpenCL. The Debian packages have been build against OpenCL. However, the source package could be rebuild locally also for CUDA (which is non-free) without changes, if that’s needed.
This package provides the language bindings for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pygpu on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-pygpu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pygpu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pygpu
Install python-pygpu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pygpu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pygpu
Install python-pygpu 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 python-pygpu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pygpu
How To Uninstall python-pygpu on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-pygpu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pygpu
Uninstall python-pygpu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pygpu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pygpu
Remove python-pygpu Configurations and Data
To remove python-pygpu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pygpu
Remove python-pygpu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pygpu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pygpu
Dependencies
python-pygpu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygpu package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
