How To Install vc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install vc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. vc-dev is Library to ease explicit vectorization of C++ code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is vc-dev

vc-dev is:

Vc is a free software library to ease explicit vectorization of C++ code. It has an intuitive API and provides portability between different compilers and compiler versions as well as portability between different vector instruction sets. Thus an application written with Vc can be compiled for:

  • AVX and AVX2
  • SSE2 up to SSE4.2 or SSE4a
  • Scalar
  • MIC
  • AVX-512 (in development)
  • NEON (in development)
  • NVIDIA GPUs / CUDA (in development)

There are three methods to install vc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vc-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vc-dev

Install vc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vc-dev

Install vc-dev 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 vc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vc-dev

How To Uninstall vc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the vc-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vc-dev

Uninstall vc-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vc-dev

Remove vc-dev Configurations and Data

To remove vc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vc-dev

Remove vc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vc-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.