How To Install libclblast-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclblast-dev on Debian 12.
What is libclblast-dev
libclblast-dev is:
CLBlast is a modern, lightweight, performant and tunable OpenCL BLAS library written in C++11. It is designed to leverage the full performance potential of a wide variety of OpenCL devices from different vendors, including desktop and laptop GPUs, embedded GPUs, and other accelerators. CLBlast implements BLAS routines: basic linear algebra subprograms operating on vectors and matrices.
This package provides the static library and headers.
There are three methods to install libclblast-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libclblast-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libclblast-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclblast-dev
Install libclblast-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclblast-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclblast-dev
Install libclblast-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libclblast-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclblast-dev
How To Uninstall libclblast-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libclblast-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclblast-dev
Uninstall libclblast-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclblast-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclblast-dev
Remove libclblast-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libclblast-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclblast-dev
Remove libclblast-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclblast-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclblast-dev
Dependencies
libclblast-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclblast-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
