How To Install libclfft2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclfft2 on Kali Linux. libclfft2 is OpenCL FFT library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclfft2 on Kali Linux.

What is libclfft2

libclfft2 is:

The clFFT library is an open source OpenCL library implementation of discrete Fast Fourier Transforms, which:

  • Provides a fast and accurate platform for calculating discrete FFTs.
  • Works on CPU or GPU backends.
  • Supports in-place or out-of-place transforms.
  • Supports 1D, 2D, and 3D transforms with a batch size that can be greater than 1.
  • Supports planar (real and complex components in separate arrays) and interleaved (real and complex components as a pair contiguous in memory) formats.
  • Supports dimension lengths that can be any mix of powers of 2, 3, and 5.
  • Supports single and double precision floating point formats.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libclfft2 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 libclfft2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libclfft2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libclfft2

Install libclfft2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libclfft2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libclfft2

Install libclfft2 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 libclfft2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclfft2

How To Uninstall libclfft2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libclfft2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libclfft2

Uninstall libclfft2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libclfft2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclfft2

Remove libclfft2 Configurations and Data

To remove libclfft2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libclfft2

Remove libclfft2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libclfft2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclfft2

Dependencies

libclfft2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclfft2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.