How To Install ocl-icd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocl-icd on Rocky Linux 8. ocl-icd is OpenCL ICD Bindings

Introduction

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

What is `ocl-icd`

OpenCL ICD Bindings.

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

Install ocl-icd 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocl-icd

Install ocl-icd 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocl-icd

How To Uninstall ocl-icd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ocl-icd

ocl-icd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/81ab10660a0432c5877b8a61e1ee0f814e6de2
/usr/lib/libOpenCL.so.1
/usr/lib/libOpenCL.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd/README
/usr/share/licenses/ocl-icd
/usr/share/licenses/ocl-icd/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/a9df98ccd27a06e4318c74a8520eaf5861fb55
/usr/lib64/libOpenCL.so.1
/usr/lib64/libOpenCL.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ocl-icd/README
/usr/share/licenses/ocl-icd
/usr/share/licenses/ocl-icd/COPYING

References

ocl-icd website

Summary

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