How To Install libvolk2-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvolk2-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvolk2-dev is vector optimized function headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvolk2-dev on Debian 12.

What is libvolk2-dev

libvolk2-dev is:

Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels is designed to help applications work with the processor’s SIMD instruction sets. These are very powerful vector operations that can give signal processing a huge boost in performance.

This package contains the header files. For documentation, see libvolk-doc.

There are three methods to install libvolk2-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 libvolk2-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 libvolk2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvolk2-dev

Install libvolk2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvolk2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvolk2-dev

Install libvolk2-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 libvolk2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvolk2-dev

How To Uninstall libvolk2-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libvolk2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvolk2-dev

Uninstall libvolk2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvolk2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvolk2-dev

Remove libvolk2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libvolk2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvolk2-dev

Remove libvolk2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvolk2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvolk2-dev

Dependencies

libvolk2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvolk2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.