How To Install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. opencl-clhpp-headers-doc is documentation for C++ OpenCL headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

opencl-clhpp-headers-doc is:

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

This package provides the documentation of the C++ development header files for the OpenCL API as published by The Khronos Group Inc.

There are three methods to install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc 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 opencl-clhpp-headers-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

Install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

Install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc 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 opencl-clhpp-headers-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

How To Uninstall opencl-clhpp-headers-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the opencl-clhpp-headers-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

Uninstall opencl-clhpp-headers-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opencl-clhpp-headers-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

Remove opencl-clhpp-headers-doc Configurations and Data

To remove opencl-clhpp-headers-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

Remove opencl-clhpp-headers-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opencl-clhpp-headers-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencl-clhpp-headers-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-clhpp-headers-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.