How To Install libgemmlowp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgemmlowp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgemmlowp-dev
libgemmlowp-dev is:
This is not a full linear algebra library, only a GEMM library: it only does general matrix multiplication (“GEMM”).
Its performance goals differ from typical GEMM performance goals in the following ways:
- It cares not only about speed, but also about minimizing power usage. It specifically cares about charge usage in mobile/embedded devices.
- Most GEMMs are optimized primarily for large dense matrix sizes (>= 1000). It does care about large sizes, but it also cares specifically about the typically smaller matrix sizes encountered in various mobile applications.
Keep in mind (previous section) that gemmlowp itself is a pure-headers-only library.
There are three methods to install libgemmlowp-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 libgemmlowp-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 libgemmlowp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgemmlowp-dev
Install libgemmlowp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgemmlowp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgemmlowp-dev
Install libgemmlowp-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 libgemmlowp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgemmlowp-dev
How To Uninstall libgemmlowp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgemmlowp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgemmlowp-dev
Uninstall libgemmlowp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgemmlowp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgemmlowp-dev
Remove libgemmlowp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgemmlowp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgemmlowp-dev
Remove libgemmlowp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgemmlowp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgemmlowp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgemmlowp-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.