How To Install intel-gpu-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-gpu-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is intel-gpu-tools-dbg
intel-gpu-tools-dbg is:
intel-gpu-tools is a package of tools for debugging the Intel graphics driver, including a GPU hang dumping program, performance monitor, and performance microbenchmarks for regression testing the DRM.
This package contains debugging symbols for intel-gpu-tools.
There are three methods to install intel-gpu-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install intel-gpu-tools-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-gpu-tools-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install intel-gpu-tools-dbg
Install intel-gpu-tools-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-gpu-tools-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install intel-gpu-tools-dbg
Install intel-gpu-tools-dbg 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 intel-gpu-tools-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install intel-gpu-tools-dbg
How To Uninstall intel-gpu-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the intel-gpu-tools-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove intel-gpu-tools-dbg
Uninstall intel-gpu-tools-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall intel-gpu-tools-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-gpu-tools-dbg
Remove intel-gpu-tools-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove intel-gpu-tools-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge intel-gpu-tools-dbg
Remove intel-gpu-tools-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove intel-gpu-tools-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-gpu-tools-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-gpu-tools-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
