How To Install opencl-headers on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-headers on CentOS 7. opencl-headers is OpenCL (Open Computing Language) header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-headers on CentOS 7.

What is opencl-headers

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) header files.

We can use yum or dnf to install opencl-headers on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencl-headers.

Install opencl-headers on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install opencl-headers

Install opencl-headers on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install opencl-headers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opencl-headers

How To Uninstall opencl-headers on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove opencl-headers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-headers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.