How To Install rocm-device-libs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rocm-device-libs on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is rocm-device-libs
rocm-device-libs is:
Set of AMD specific device-side language runtime libraries, specifically: the Open Compute library controls, the Open Compute Math library, the Open Compute Kernel library, the OpenCL built-in library, the HIP built-in library, and the Heterogeneous Compute built-in library.
There are three methods to install rocm-device-libs on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rocm-device-libs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rocm-device-libs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rocm-device-libs
Install rocm-device-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rocm-device-libs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rocm-device-libs
Install rocm-device-libs 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rocm-device-libs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rocm-device-libs
How To Uninstall rocm-device-libs on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the rocm-device-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rocm-device-libs
Uninstall rocm-device-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rocm-device-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rocm-device-libs
Remove rocm-device-libs Configurations and Data
To remove rocm-device-libs configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rocm-device-libs
Remove rocm-device-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rocm-device-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rocm-device-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rocm-device-libs package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.