How To Install beignet-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04.
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, which supports the integrated GPUs of Ivy Bridge to Coffee Lake (ix-3xxx to some ix-8xxx) Intel Core and Atom processors.
There are three methods to install beignet-opencl-icd on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install beignet-opencl-icd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
