How To Install libarrayfire-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libarrayfire-doc
libarrayfire-doc 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 documentation and example source code for the ArrayFire library.
There are three methods to install libarrayfire-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libarrayfire-doc
Install libarrayfire-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libarrayfire-doc
Install libarrayfire-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libarrayfire-doc
How To Uninstall libarrayfire-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libarrayfire-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libarrayfire-doc
Uninstall libarrayfire-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libarrayfire-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarrayfire-doc
Remove libarrayfire-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libarrayfire-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libarrayfire-doc
Remove libarrayfire-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libarrayfire-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarrayfire-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
