How To Install clblas-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clblas-client
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is clblas-client
clblas-client is:
This library provides an implementation of the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms levels 1, 2 and 3, using OpenCL and optimized for AMD GPU hardware.
This package provides the client program.
There are three methods to install clblas-client
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 clblas-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clblas-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clblas-client
Install clblas-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clblas-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clblas-client
Install clblas-client 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 clblas-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clblas-client
How To Uninstall clblas-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the clblas-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clblas-client
Uninstall clblas-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clblas-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clblas-client
Remove clblas-client Configurations and Data
To remove clblas-client
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clblas-client
Remove clblas-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clblas-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clblas-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clblas-client
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.