How To Install libgpuarray3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpuarray3 on Debian 12.
What is libgpuarray3
libgpuarray3 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libgpuarray3 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgpuarray3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpuarray3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpuarray3
Install libgpuarray3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpuarray3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpuarray3
Install libgpuarray3 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpuarray3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpuarray3
How To Uninstall libgpuarray3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgpuarray3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpuarray3
Uninstall libgpuarray3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpuarray3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpuarray3
Remove libgpuarray3 Configurations and Data
To remove libgpuarray3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpuarray3
Remove libgpuarray3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpuarray3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpuarray3
Dependencies
libgpuarray3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpuarray3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
