How To Install mesa-opencl-icd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-opencl-icd on Debian 11.
What is mesa-opencl-icd
mesa-opencl-icd is:
This package contains the mesa implementation of the OpenCL (Open Compute Language) library, which is intended for use with an ICD loader. OpenCL provides a standardized interface for computational analysis on graphical processing units.
There are three methods to install mesa-opencl-icd on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mesa-opencl-icd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-opencl-icd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mesa-opencl-icd
Install mesa-opencl-icd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-opencl-icd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mesa-opencl-icd
Install mesa-opencl-icd 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 mesa-opencl-icd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mesa-opencl-icd
How To Uninstall mesa-opencl-icd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mesa-opencl-icd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mesa-opencl-icd
Uninstall mesa-opencl-icd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mesa-opencl-icd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mesa-opencl-icd
Remove mesa-opencl-icd Configurations and Data
To remove mesa-opencl-icd configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mesa-opencl-icd
Remove mesa-opencl-icd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mesa-opencl-icd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mesa-opencl-icd
Dependencies
mesa-opencl-icd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-opencl-icd package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.