How To Install intel-ocloc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-ocloc in Fedora 36. intel-ocloc is Tool for managing Intel Compute GPU device binary format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-ocloc on Fedora 36.

What is `intel-ocloc`

ocloc is a tool for managing Intel Compute GPU device binary format (a format used by Intel Compute GPU runtime). It can be used for generation (as part of ‘compile’ command) as well as manipulation (decoding/modifying - as part of ‘disasm’/‘asm’ commands) of such binary files.

We can use yum or dnf to install intel-ocloc on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install intel-ocloc.

Install intel-ocloc on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install intel-ocloc

Install intel-ocloc on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install intel-ocloc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install intel-ocloc

How To Uninstall intel-ocloc on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the intel-ocloc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove intel-ocloc

intel-ocloc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ocloc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/c8048bc63206007b270207f15f7831c81805f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/23b710053e247915447e5fa7383bd01aa8ef90
/usr/lib64/libocloc.so
/usr/share/licenses/intel-ocloc
/usr/share/licenses/intel-ocloc/LICENSE.md

References

intel-ocloc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-ocloc on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).