How To Install python3-pygpu on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pygpu on Debian 12.
What is python3-pygpu
python3-pygpu is:
libgpuarray provides a ndarray (multi-dimensional array) object which is computed on the GPU. It supports int, single and double precision floats.
libgpuarray supports Nvidia’s CUDA interface as well as OpenCL. The Debian packages have been build against OpenCL. However, the source package could be rebuild locally also for CUDA (which is non-free) without changes, if that’s needed.
This package provides the language bindings for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pygpu on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-pygpu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pygpu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pygpu
Install python3-pygpu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pygpu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pygpu
Install python3-pygpu 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 python3-pygpu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pygpu
How To Uninstall python3-pygpu on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pygpu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pygpu
Uninstall python3-pygpu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pygpu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pygpu
Remove python3-pygpu Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pygpu configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pygpu
Remove python3-pygpu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pygpu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pygpu
Dependencies
python3-pygpu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pygpu package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
