How To Install mesa-opencl-icd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-opencl-icd on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 mesa-opencl-icd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mesa-opencl-icd

How To Uninstall mesa-opencl-icd on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libclc-r600
• libclc-amdgcn
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• libc6
• libclang-cpp11

References

• mesa-opencl-icd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-opencl-icd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.