How To Install librocrand-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librocrand-dev on Debian 12.
What is librocrand-dev
librocrand-dev is:
The rocRAND project provides functions that generate pseudo-random and quasi-random numbers.
The rocRAND library is implemented in the HIP programming language and optimised for AMD’s latest discrete GPUs. It is designed to run on top of AMD’s ROCm runtime, but it also works on CUDA enabled GPUs.
This package provides AMD ROCm rocRAND development headers.
There are three methods to install librocrand-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librocrand-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 librocrand-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librocrand-dev
Install librocrand-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librocrand-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librocrand-dev
Install librocrand-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install librocrand-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librocrand-dev
How To Uninstall librocrand-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the librocrand-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librocrand-dev
Uninstall librocrand-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librocrand-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librocrand-dev
Remove librocrand-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librocrand-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librocrand-dev
Remove librocrand-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librocrand-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librocrand-dev
Dependencies
librocrand-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librocrand-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
