How To Install python-gpyfft on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gpyfft on Debian 10.
What is python-gpyfft
python-gpyfft is:
This python wrapper is designed to tightly integrate with PyOpenCL. It consists of a low-level Cython based wrapper with an interface similar to the underlying C library. On top of that it offers a high-level interface designed to work on data contained in instances of pyopencl.array.Array, a numpy work-alike array class for GPU computations. The high-level interface takes some inspiration from pyFFTW. For details of the high-level interface see fft.py.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-gpyfft on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-gpyfft Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gpyfft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gpyfft
Install python-gpyfft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gpyfft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gpyfft
Install python-gpyfft 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gpyfft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gpyfft
How To Uninstall python-gpyfft on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-gpyfft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gpyfft
Uninstall python-gpyfft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gpyfft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gpyfft
Remove python-gpyfft Configurations and Data
To remove python-gpyfft configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gpyfft
Remove python-gpyfft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gpyfft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gpyfft
Dependencies
python-gpyfft have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gpyfft package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.