How To Install libclblast-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclblast-dev on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libclblast1
• ocl-icd-opencl-dev

References

• libclblast-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclblast-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.