How to Install and Uninstall beignet Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "beignet" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install beignet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install beignet

2. Uninstall "beignet" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall beignet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove beignet $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the beignet package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: beignet
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenCL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-2
Depends: beignet-opencl-icd
Filename: pool/universe/b/beignet/beignet_1.1.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 3416
MD5sum: 93f13cc71f3da5f59e3f7f5f75417e6c
SHA1: d2852bf342816870ac98a9f5bcb54687dbef51d2
SHA256: 35d6888592fe55fb9b5293c6f249f37f13a4b6d38bf3c03e7fe3028e41ae3f14
Description-en: OpenCL library for Intel GPUs - transitional dummy package
This is a transitional dummy package (the real package has been renamed
to beignet-opencl-icd). It can safely be removed.
Description-md5: 61ba1fa5ded53a377ce3339fcbea612f
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Beignet/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu