How To Install nvidia-opencl-icd-340 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-opencl-icd-340 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvidia-opencl-icd-340
nvidia-opencl-icd-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 provides the NVIDIA installable client driver (ICD) for OpenCL which supports NVIDIA GPUs.
Package: nvidia-opencl-icd-340 Architecture: amd64 Version: 340.108-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: restricted/misc Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 27627 Provides: nvidia-opencl-icd, opencl-icd Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), ocl-icd-libopencl1 | nvidia-libopencl1-340 Conflicts: nvidia-opencl-icd Replaces: nvidia-opencl-icd Enhances: libopencl1 Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/nvidia-opencl-icd-340_340.108-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 8842692 MD5sum: 3569b5cd0357bafe5017d7594b16514f SHA1: 46b7b9422bd2821ce7a236cdf205520d003db20c SHA256: df46fc081ff7cbc25e733446b66ff590020e7cac3e5a8e2332f0f637d5364f04 Description-en: NVIDIA OpenCL ICD 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 provides the NVIDIA installable client driver (ICD) for OpenCL which supports NVIDIA GPUs.
There are three methods to install nvidia-opencl-icd-340 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-opencl-icd-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-opencl-icd-340 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-opencl-icd-340
Install nvidia-opencl-icd-340 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-opencl-icd-340 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-opencl-icd-340
Install nvidia-opencl-icd-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-opencl-icd-340 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-opencl-icd-340
How To Uninstall nvidia-opencl-icd-340 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvidia-opencl-icd-340 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-opencl-icd-340
Uninstall nvidia-opencl-icd-340 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-opencl-icd-340 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-opencl-icd-340
Remove nvidia-opencl-icd-340 Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-opencl-icd-340 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-opencl-icd-340
Remove nvidia-opencl-icd-340 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-opencl-icd-340 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-opencl-icd-340
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-opencl-icd-340 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.