How To Install beignet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet on Debian 9.
What is beignet
beignet is:
This is a transitional dummy package (the real package has been renamed to beignet-opencl-icd). It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install beignet on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install beignet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install beignet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install beignet
Install beignet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install beignet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install beignet
Install beignet 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 beignet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install beignet
How To Uninstall beignet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the beignet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove beignet
Uninstall beignet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall beignet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove beignet
Remove beignet Configurations and Data
To remove beignet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge beignet
Remove beignet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove beignet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge beignet
Dependencies
beignet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.