How To Install pocl-opencl-icd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pocl-opencl-icd

pocl-opencl-icd is:

Portable Computing Language is an open source implementation of the OpenCL standard which can be easily adapted for new targets. One of the goals of the project is improving performance portability of OpenCL programs, avoiding the need for target-dependent manual optimizations. A “native” target is included, which allows running OpenCL kernels on the host (CPU).

This package allows one to use pocl as an installable client driver (ICD) for OpenCL.

There are three methods to install pocl-opencl-icd 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 pocl-opencl-icd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pocl-opencl-icd

Install pocl-opencl-icd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pocl-opencl-icd

Install pocl-opencl-icd 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 pocl-opencl-icd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pocl-opencl-icd

How To Uninstall pocl-opencl-icd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pocl-opencl-icd

Uninstall pocl-opencl-icd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pocl-opencl-icd

Remove pocl-opencl-icd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pocl-opencl-icd

Remove pocl-opencl-icd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pocl-opencl-icd

Dependencies

pocl-opencl-icd have the following dependencies:

• libpocl2

References

• pocl-opencl-icd website

Summary

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