How To Install libomp5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libomp5
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libomp5
libomp5 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.
There are three methods to install libomp5
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 libomp5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libomp5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libomp5
Install libomp5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libomp5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libomp5
Install libomp5 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 libomp5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libomp5
How To Uninstall libomp5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libomp5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libomp5
Uninstall libomp5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libomp5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libomp5
Remove libomp5 Configurations and Data
To remove libomp5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libomp5
Remove libomp5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libomp5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libomp5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libomp5
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.