How To Install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8. ocl-icd-devel is Development files for ocl-icd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ocl-icd-devel

This package contains the development files for ocl-icd.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocl-icd-devel.

Install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocl-icd-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocl-icd-devel

Install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocl-icd-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocl-icd-devel

How To Uninstall ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ocl-icd-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ocl-icd-devel

ocl-icd-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/ocl_icd.h
/usr/lib/libOpenCL.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/OpenCL.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ocl-icd.pc
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd-devel
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd-devel/ocl_icd_bindings.c
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd-devel/ocl_icd_loader_gen.map
/usr/include/ocl_icd.h
/usr/lib64/libOpenCL.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/OpenCL.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ocl-icd.pc
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd-devel
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd-devel/ocl_icd_bindings.c
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd-devel/ocl_icd_loader_gen.map

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.