How To Install liboclgrind-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboclgrind-dev on Kali Linux.
What is liboclgrind-dev
liboclgrind-dev is:
Oclgrind is an extensible OpenCL device simulator that provides a plugin interface to facilitate the creation of tools to aid analysis and development of OpenCL programs. Among the tools that Oclgrind provides are various debugging aids, such as out-of-bounds memory access checking, data-race detection, and an interactive debugger.
This package provides the development headers and libraries used for creating new Oclgrind plugins.
There are three methods to install liboclgrind-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 liboclgrind-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liboclgrind-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liboclgrind-devInstall liboclgrind-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liboclgrind-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liboclgrind-devInstall liboclgrind-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 liboclgrind-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liboclgrind-devHow To Uninstall liboclgrind-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the liboclgrind-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liboclgrind-devUninstall liboclgrind-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liboclgrind-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboclgrind-devRemove liboclgrind-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liboclgrind-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liboclgrind-devRemove liboclgrind-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liboclgrind-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboclgrind-devDependencies
liboclgrind-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboclgrind-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.