How To Install libiomp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiomp-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libiomp-dev
libiomp-dev is:
The runtime is the part of the OpenMP implementation that your code is linked against, and that manages the multiple threads in an OpenMP program while it is executing.
This package has been replaced by the LLVM sources. This is the Intel version moved under the LLVM umbrella. This is a dependency package.
There are three methods to install libiomp-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libiomp-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 libiomp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libiomp-dev
Install libiomp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libiomp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libiomp-dev
Install libiomp-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 libiomp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiomp-dev
How To Uninstall libiomp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libiomp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libiomp-dev
Uninstall libiomp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libiomp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiomp-dev
Remove libiomp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libiomp-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libiomp-dev
Remove libiomp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libiomp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiomp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiomp-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.