How To Install beignet-opencl-icd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet-opencl-icd on Kali Linux. beignet-opencl-icd is OpenCL library for Intel ix-3xxx/4xxx GPUs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet-opencl-icd on Kali Linux.

What is beignet-opencl-icd

beignet-opencl-icd is:

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multivendor open standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include CPUs, GPUs and other processors.

This package contains the shared library for an Intel implementation, for the integrated GPUs of ix-3xxx (Ivy Bridge) and ix-4xxx (Haswell) Intel Core and Atom processors.

It also supports newer hardware (up to Coffee Lake), but for these intel-opencl-icd is likely to be a better option.

There are three methods to install beignet-opencl-icd 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 beignet-opencl-icd 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-opencl-icd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install beignet-opencl-icd

Install beignet-opencl-icd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install beignet-opencl-icd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install beignet-opencl-icd

Install beignet-opencl-icd 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 beignet-opencl-icd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install beignet-opencl-icd

How To Uninstall beignet-opencl-icd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the beignet-opencl-icd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove beignet-opencl-icd

Uninstall beignet-opencl-icd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove beignet-opencl-icd

Remove beignet-opencl-icd Configurations and Data

To remove beignet-opencl-icd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge beignet-opencl-icd

Remove beignet-opencl-icd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove beignet-opencl-icd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge beignet-opencl-icd

Dependencies

beignet-opencl-icd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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