How To Install libgpuarray-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpuarray-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgpuarray-dev
libgpuarray-dev is:
libgpuarray provides a ndarray (multi-dimensional array) object which is computed on the GPU. It supports int, single and double precision floats.
libgpuarray supports Nvidia’s CUDA interface as well as OpenCL. The Debian packages have been build against OpenCL. However, the source package could be rebuild locally also for CUDA (which is non-free) without changes, if that’s needed.
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install libgpuarray-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 libgpuarray-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgpuarray-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpuarray-devInstall libgpuarray-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgpuarray-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpuarray-devInstall libgpuarray-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgpuarray-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpuarray-devHow To Uninstall libgpuarray-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgpuarray-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpuarray-devUninstall libgpuarray-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpuarray-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpuarray-devRemove libgpuarray-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgpuarray-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpuarray-devRemove libgpuarray-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpuarray-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpuarray-devDependencies
libgpuarray-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpuarray-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
