How To Install liboclgrind-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboclgrind-dev on Kali Linux. liboclgrind-dev is development files for Oclgrind

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboclgrind-dev

Install liboclgrind-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboclgrind-dev

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboclgrind-dev

How 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-dev

Uninstall 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Dependencies

liboclgrind-dev have the following dependencies:

References

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.