How To Install ocl-icd-libopencl1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd-libopencl1
on Kali Linux.
What is ocl-icd-libopencl1
ocl-icd-libopencl1 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 an installable client driver loader (ICD Loader) library that can be used to load any (free or non-free) installable client driver (ICD) for OpenCL. It acts as a demultiplexer so several ICD can be installed and used together.
There are three methods to install ocl-icd-libopencl1
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 ocl-icd-libopencl1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ocl-icd-libopencl1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install ocl-icd-libopencl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ocl-icd-libopencl1
using apt
by running the following command:
Install ocl-icd-libopencl1 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.
After updating apt database, We can install ocl-icd-libopencl1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ocl-icd-libopencl1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ocl-icd-libopencl1
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall ocl-icd-libopencl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocl-icd-libopencl1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove ocl-icd-libopencl1 Configurations and Data
To remove ocl-icd-libopencl1
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove ocl-icd-libopencl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocl-icd-libopencl1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
ocl-icd-libopencl1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd-libopencl1
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.