How To Install libclblas-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclblas-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libclblas-doc is documentation for clBLAS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclblas-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libclblas-doc

libclblas-doc is:

This library provides an implementation of the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms levels 1, 2 and 3, using OpenCL and optimized for AMD GPU hardware.

This package provides the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libclblas-doc

Install libclblas-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libclblas-doc

Install libclblas-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 libclblas-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclblas-doc

How To Uninstall libclblas-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libclblas-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libclblas-doc

Uninstall libclblas-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclblas-doc

Remove libclblas-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libclblas-doc

Remove libclblas-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclblas-doc

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Summary

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