How To Install libcub-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcub-dev on Kali Linux. libcub-dev is reusable software components for the CUDA programming model

Introduction

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

What is libcub-dev

libcub-dev is:

CUB provides state-of-the-art, reusable software components for every layer of the CUDA programming model:

  • Parallel primitives
    • Warp-wide “collective” primitives
    • Block-wide “collective” primitives
    • Device-wide primitives
  • Utilities
    • Fancy iterators
    • Thread and thread block I/O
    • PTX intrinsics
    • Device, kernel, and storage management

There are three methods to install libcub-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 libcub-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 libcub-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcub-dev

Install libcub-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcub-dev

Install libcub-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 libcub-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcub-dev

How To Uninstall libcub-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcub-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcub-dev

Uninstall libcub-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcub-dev

Remove libcub-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcub-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcub-dev

Remove libcub-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcub-dev

Dependencies

libcub-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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