How To Install libarrayfire-cpu3 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-cpu3 on Ubuntu 18.04. libarrayfire-cpu3 is High performance library for parallel computing (CPU backend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-cpu3 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libarrayfire-cpu3

libarrayfire-cpu3 is:

ArrayFire is a high performance software library for parallel computing with an easy-to-use API. Its array based function set makes parallel programming simple.

ArrayFire’s multiple backends (CUDA, OpenCL and native CPU) make it platform independent and highly portable.

A few lines of code in ArrayFire can replace dozens of lines of parallel computing code, saving you valuable time and lowering development costs.

This package provides the CPU backend of the ArrayFire library.

There are three methods to install libarrayfire-cpu3 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 libarrayfire-cpu3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-cpu3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libarrayfire-cpu3

Install libarrayfire-cpu3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-cpu3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libarrayfire-cpu3

Install libarrayfire-cpu3 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 libarrayfire-cpu3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libarrayfire-cpu3

How To Uninstall libarrayfire-cpu3 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libarrayfire-cpu3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libarrayfire-cpu3

Uninstall libarrayfire-cpu3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libarrayfire-cpu3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarrayfire-cpu3

Remove libarrayfire-cpu3 Configurations and Data

To remove libarrayfire-cpu3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libarrayfire-cpu3

Remove libarrayfire-cpu3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libarrayfire-cpu3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarrayfire-cpu3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-cpu3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.