How To Install clblast-tests on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clblast-tests on Kali Linux.
What is clblast-tests
clblast-tests is:
CLBlast is a modern, lightweight, performant and tunable OpenCL BLAS library written in C++11. It is designed to leverage the full performance potential of a wide variety of OpenCL devices from different vendors, including desktop and laptop GPUs, embedded GPUs, and other accelerators. CLBlast implements BLAS routines: basic linear algebra subprograms operating on vectors and matrices.
This package provides tests and benchmarks against other BLAS implementations.
There are three methods to install clblast-tests 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 clblast-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install clblast-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clblast-testsInstall clblast-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install clblast-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clblast-testsInstall clblast-tests 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install clblast-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clblast-testsHow To Uninstall clblast-tests on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the clblast-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clblast-testsUninstall clblast-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clblast-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clblast-testsRemove clblast-tests Configurations and Data
To remove clblast-tests configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clblast-testsRemove clblast-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clblast-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clblast-testsDependencies
clblast-tests have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clblast-tests package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
