How To Install amdgcn-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amdgcn-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is amdgcn-tools
amdgcn-tools is:
The package provides the tools ar, as, ld and nm for the amdgcn target architecture (used in AMD gpus). The tools are based on LLVM.
This is a dependency package used by the gcc-N-offload-amdgcn offload compilers.
There are three methods to install amdgcn-tools 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 amdgcn-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amdgcn-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amdgcn-tools
Install amdgcn-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amdgcn-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amdgcn-tools
Install amdgcn-tools 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 amdgcn-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amdgcn-tools
How To Uninstall amdgcn-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the amdgcn-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amdgcn-tools
Uninstall amdgcn-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amdgcn-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amdgcn-tools
Remove amdgcn-tools Configurations and Data
To remove amdgcn-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amdgcn-tools
Remove amdgcn-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amdgcn-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amdgcn-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amdgcn-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
