How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-opencl-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "nvidia-opencl-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install nvidia-opencl-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-opencl-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nvidia-opencl-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nvidia-opencl-dev
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/libdevel
Installed-Size: 118
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: nvidia-cuda-toolkit
Version: 7.5.18-0ubuntu1
Replaces: opencl-dev
Provides: opencl-dev
Depends: nvidia-libopencl1 (>= 352.39) | libopencl-1.2-1, opencl-headers (>= 1.2)
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, nvidia-opencl-icd
Conflicts: opencl-dev
Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/nvidia-opencl-dev_7.5.18-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 23782
MD5sum: c9cf5ea154ba196001e352f94cb17ee3
SHA1: 024651c4f1bbccec1d52e6041a6d7d5e656cc359
SHA256: f3c6983c50548fdae73bffcfad71970363b97586b9a38dced4b6cbc8799ae9ab
Description-en: NVIDIA OpenCL development files
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multi-vendor open standard for
general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include
CPUs, GPUs and other processors.
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This metapackage provides the development files: headers and libraries.
Description-md5: 5404c4fac54bb1c7a833b77f92a02e84
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/CUDA
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu