How To Install libclc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libclc-dev
libclc-dev is:
libclc is an open implementation of the OpenCL C programming language, as specified by the OpenCL 1.1 Specification.
This package contains development header files.
Package: libclc-dev Architecture: all Version: 0.2.0+git20190827-4 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra Section: universe/libdevel Source: libclc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenCL team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 407 Filename: pool/universe/libc/libclc/libclc-dev_0.2.0+git20190827-4_all.deb Size: 24776 MD5sum: 35e041d91f72733abb17354e4c326165 SHA1: c504cf3d905812df89f78708af5e0ffb3f8f099c SHA256: a9d638718da71fc56f0adc14543aecce81fc4bfefc0f1a2f31cbbe40b33e5978 Homepage: https://libclc.llvm.org Description-en: OpenCL C language implementation - development files libclc is an open implementation of the OpenCL C programming language, as specified by the OpenCL 1.1 Specification.
This package contains development header files.
There are three methods to install libclc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libclc-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 libclc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclc-dev
Install libclc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclc-dev
Install libclc-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libclc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclc-dev
How To Uninstall libclc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libclc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclc-dev
Uninstall libclc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclc-dev
Remove libclc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libclc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclc-dev
Remove libclc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclc-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.