How To Install libclsparse1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclsparse1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libclsparse1
libclsparse1 is:
clSPARSE provides fundamental sparse operations for OpenCL, including:
- Sparse Matrix - dense Vector multiply (SpM-dV)
- Sparse Matrix - dense Matrix multiply (SpM-dM)
- Iterative conjugate gradient solver (CG)
- Iterative biconjugate gradient stabilized solver (BiCGStab)
- Dense to CSR conversions (& converse)
- COO to CSR conversions (& converse)
- Functions to read matrix market files in COO or CSR format
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libclsparse1 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 libclsparse1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libclsparse1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclsparse1
Install libclsparse1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclsparse1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclsparse1
Install libclsparse1 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 libclsparse1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclsparse1
How To Uninstall libclsparse1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libclsparse1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclsparse1
Uninstall libclsparse1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclsparse1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclsparse1
Remove libclsparse1 Configurations and Data
To remove libclsparse1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclsparse1
Remove libclsparse1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclsparse1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclsparse1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclsparse1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
