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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "clinfo" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install clinfo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                clinfo
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "clinfo" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall clinfo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clinfo
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clinfo package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: clinfo
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenCL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.16.01.12-1
Replaces: amd-clinfo, clinfo
Provides: clinfo
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), ocl-icd-libopencl1 | libopencl1, ocl-icd-libopencl1 (>= 1.0) | libopencl-1.1-1
Conflicts: amd-clinfo, clinfo
Filename: pool/universe/c/clinfo/clinfo_2.1.16.01.12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 29972
MD5sum: ae0e56b4a05ec1142a2ad244076502ab
SHA1: 0cdc65f0b373c2d57b57e331e820d2ccce67e21e
SHA256: 08ee0e78cbb087f84567da7fbf988882680f4f5ea9cfd1e9b3822b7af7a1cc27
Description-en: Query OpenCL system information
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multivendor open standard for
general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include
CPUs, GPUs and other processors.
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This package contains a tool that queries the capabilities of the available
OpenCL drivers.
Description-md5: 61f518af669d193a0d2dd298ab456672
Homepage: https://github.com/Oblomov/clinfo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu