How To Install intel-mkl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-mkl on Kali Linux.

What is intel-mkl

intel-mkl is:

Intel? Math Kernel Library (Intel? MKL) is a computing math library of highly optimized, extensively threaded routines for applications that require maximum performance. The library provides Fortran and C programming language interfaces. Intel MKL C language interfaces can be called from applications written in either C or C++, as well as in any other language that can reference a C interface.

This package pulls the basic set of development files and libraries of MKL in the present architecture. Cluster support is not included.

Note that MKL’s performance on AMD CPUs is not guaranteed.

There are three methods to install intel-mkl 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 intel-mkl 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-mkl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install intel-mkl

Install intel-mkl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install intel-mkl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install intel-mkl

Install intel-mkl 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 intel-mkl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install intel-mkl

How To Uninstall intel-mkl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the intel-mkl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove intel-mkl

Uninstall intel-mkl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-mkl

Remove intel-mkl Configurations and Data

To remove intel-mkl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge intel-mkl

Remove intel-mkl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove intel-mkl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-mkl

Dependencies

intel-mkl have the following dependencies:

• libmkl-dev

References

• intel-mkl website

Summary

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