How To Install amdgcn-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install amdgcn-tools on Kali Linux. amdgcn-tools is linker tools for the amdgcn architecture

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amdgcn-tools on Kali Linux.

What is amdgcn-tools

amdgcn-tools is:

The package provides the tools ar, as, ld and nm for the amdgcn target architecture (used in AMD gpus). The tools are based on LLVM.

This is a dependency package used by the gcc-N-offload-amdgcn offload compilers.

There are three methods to install amdgcn-tools 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 amdgcn-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install amdgcn-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install amdgcn-tools

Install amdgcn-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install amdgcn-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install amdgcn-tools

Install amdgcn-tools 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install amdgcn-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install amdgcn-tools

How To Uninstall amdgcn-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the amdgcn-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove amdgcn-tools

Uninstall amdgcn-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall amdgcn-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove amdgcn-tools

Remove amdgcn-tools Configurations and Data

To remove amdgcn-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge amdgcn-tools

Remove amdgcn-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove amdgcn-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amdgcn-tools

Dependencies

amdgcn-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amdgcn-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.