
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-unified-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libarrayfire-unified-dev
libarrayfire-unified-dev is:
ArrayFire is a high performance software library for parallel computing
with an easy-to-use API. Its array based function set makes parallel
programming simple.
ArrayFire’s multiple backends (CUDA, OpenCL and native CPU) make it
platform independent and highly portable.
A few lines of code in ArrayFire can replace dozens of lines of parallel
computing code, saving you valuable time and lowering development costs.
This package provides the development files for the unified backend of the
ArrayFire library.
There are three methods to install libarrayfire-unified-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libarrayfire-unified-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 libarrayfire-unified-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libarrayfire-unified-dev
Install libarrayfire-unified-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libarrayfire-unified-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libarrayfire-unified-dev
Install libarrayfire-unified-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 libarrayfire-unified-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libarrayfire-unified-dev
How To Uninstall libarrayfire-unified-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libarrayfire-unified-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libarrayfire-unified-dev
Uninstall libarrayfire-unified-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libarrayfire-unified-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarrayfire-unified-dev
Remove libarrayfire-unified-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libarrayfire-unified-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libarrayfire-unified-dev
Remove libarrayfire-unified-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libarrayfire-unified-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarrayfire-unified-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarrayfire-unified-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.
