How To Install lib32cilkrts5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32cilkrts5 on Ubuntu 18.04. lib32cilkrts5 is Intel Cilk Plus language extensions (32bit)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32cilkrts5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lib32cilkrts5

lib32cilkrts5 is:

Intel Cilk Plus is an extension to the C and C++ languages to support data and task parallelism.

There are three methods to install lib32cilkrts5 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 lib32cilkrts5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32cilkrts5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lib32cilkrts5

Install lib32cilkrts5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32cilkrts5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lib32cilkrts5

Install lib32cilkrts5 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 lib32cilkrts5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lib32cilkrts5

How To Uninstall lib32cilkrts5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lib32cilkrts5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lib32cilkrts5

Uninstall lib32cilkrts5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lib32cilkrts5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32cilkrts5

Remove lib32cilkrts5 Configurations and Data

To remove lib32cilkrts5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lib32cilkrts5

Remove lib32cilkrts5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lib32cilkrts5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32cilkrts5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32cilkrts5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.