How To Install libhsakmt-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhsakmt-dev on Kali Linux. libhsakmt-dev is Thunk library for AMD KFD (dev)

Introduction

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

What is libhsakmt-dev

libhsakmt-dev is:

This package includes the user-mode API interfaces used to interact with the ROCk driver. Currently supported agents include only the AMD/ATI Fiji family of discrete GPUs.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhsakmt-dev

Install libhsakmt-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhsakmt-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhsakmt-dev

How To Uninstall libhsakmt-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhsakmt-dev

Uninstall libhsakmt-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhsakmt-dev

Remove libhsakmt-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhsakmt-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhsakmt-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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