How To Install gocl on Fedora 34

gocl is GLib/GObject based library for OpenCL GLib/GObject based library for OpenCL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gocl on Fedora 34.

What is `gocl`

Gocl is a GLib/GObject based library that aims at simplifying the use of OpenCL in GNOME software. It is intended to be a lightweight wrapper that adapts OpenCL programming patterns and boilerplate, and expose a simpler API that is known and comfortable to GNOME developers. Examples of such adaptations are the integration with GLib’s main loop, exposing non-blocking APIs, GError based error reporting and full gobject-introspection support. It will also be including convenient API to simplify code for the most common use patterns. gocl 0.2.0 18.fc34 x86_64 35 k gocl-0.2.0-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora GLib/GObject based library for OpenCL https LGPLv3 Gocl is a GLib/GObject based library that aims at simplifying the use of OpenCL in GNOME software. It is intended to be a lightweight wrapper that adapts OpenCL programming patterns and boilerplate, and expose a simpler API that is known and comfortable to GNOME developers. Examples of such adaptations are the integration with GLib’s main loop, exposing non-blocking APIs, GError based error reporting and full gobject-introspection support. It will also be including convenient API to simplify code for the most common use patterns.

We can use yum or dnf to install gocl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gocl.

Install gocl on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gocl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gocl

Install gocl on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gocl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gocl

How To Uninstall gocl on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the gocl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gocl

gocl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/9dcab974a9a73d143960f08896be8e4e7af5fd
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gocl-0.2.typelib
/usr/lib/libgocl-0.2.so.0
/usr/lib/libgocl-0.2.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/gocl
/usr/share/doc/gocl/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/3ae4d387704ed0cbda34a3e808d77aa31c0f6f
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gocl-0.2.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgocl-0.2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgocl-0.2.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/gocl
/usr/share/doc/gocl/COPYING

References

[gocl website](https://github.com/elima/gocl/ https://github.com/elima/gocl/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gocl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.