How To Install opencl-headers on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencl-headers on Kali Linux.

What is opencl-headers

opencl-headers 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 metapackage depends on packages providing the C and C++ headers files for the OpenCL API as published by The Khronos Group Inc. The corresponding specification and documentation can be found on the Khronos website.

There are three methods to install opencl-headers 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 opencl-headers 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-headers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opencl-headers

Install opencl-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opencl-headers

Install opencl-headers 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.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install opencl-headers

How To Uninstall opencl-headers on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove opencl-headers

Uninstall opencl-headers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opencl-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencl-headers

Remove opencl-headers Configurations and Data

To remove opencl-headers configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opencl-headers

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

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

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

Dependencies

opencl-headers have the following dependencies:

• opencl-c-headers
• opencl-clhpp-headers

References

• opencl-headers website

Summary

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