How To Install nvidia-libopencl1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04. nvidia-libopencl1-340 is NVIDIA OpenCL Driver and ICD Loader library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is nvidia-libopencl1-340

nvidia-libopencl1-340 is:

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multivendor open standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include CPUs, GPUs and other processors.

This package contains NVIDIA’s OpenCL implementation and the ICD Loader library. This library supports only OpenCL 1.1.

There are three methods to install nvidia-libopencl1-340 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 nvidia-libopencl1-340 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1-340 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-libopencl1-340

Install nvidia-libopencl1-340 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-libopencl1-340 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nvidia-libopencl1-340

Install nvidia-libopencl1-340 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 nvidia-libopencl1-340 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-libopencl1-340

How To Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-340 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the nvidia-libopencl1-340 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-libopencl1-340

Uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-340 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nvidia-libopencl1-340 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-libopencl1-340

Remove nvidia-libopencl1-340 Configurations and Data

To remove nvidia-libopencl1-340 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-libopencl1-340

Remove nvidia-libopencl1-340 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nvidia-libopencl1-340 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-libopencl1-340

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-libopencl1-340 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.