#!/bin/bash#based on https://bitbucket.org/snippets/rajb245/epGzn/script-to-install-intel-opencl-runtime-151#this might work on other DEB based distros, YMMV#prereqs: wget, rpm2cpio, cpio, clinfo (for testing), and no other conflicting OpenCL drivers#Get this file#https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/opencl-drivers#philinux#http://registrationcenter.intel.com/irc_nas/4181/opencl_runtime_14.2_x64_4.5.0.8.tgz#or this one http://registrationcenter.intel.com/irc_nas/5193/opencl_runtime_15.1_x64_5.0.0.57.tgz#wget http://registrationcenter.intel.com/irc_nas/4181/opencl_runtime_14.2_x64_4.5.0.8.tgz#wget http://registrationcenter.intel.com/irc_nas/5193/opencl_runtime_15.1_x64_5.0.0.57.tgzwget http://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/irc_nas/9019/opencl_runtime_16.1_x64_ubuntu_5.2.0.10002.tgz
#unpack the tarballtar xvf opencl_runtime_16.1_x64_ubuntu_5.2.0.10002.tgz
#unpack the rpms#according to http://mhr3.blogspot.com/2013/06/opencl-on-ubuntu-1304.html, we don't need all of them unpacked#basically, just the ICD itselfrpm2cpio opencl_runtime_16.1_x64_ubuntu_5.2.0.10002/rpm/opencl-1.2-intel-cpu-5.2.0.10002-1.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
#stub out the directory structure for the deb package as a staging area#some of these steps are from here http://mhr3.blogspot.com/2013/06/opencl-on-ubuntu-1304.htmlmkdir opencl-driver-intel-cpu
cd opencl-driver-intel-cpu
mkdir DEBIAN
mkdir -p etc/OpenCL/vendors
mkdir -p usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/OpenCL/vendors/intel
mkdir -p usr/share/doc/opencl-driver-intel-cpu
cd ..
#put the right description of the package in the right place#from the blog post with my modifications#version number is from the filenamecat <<'EOF' >> opencl-driver-intel-cpu/DEBIAN/controlPackage: opencl-driver-intel-cpuVersion: 5.2.0.10002-1Section: libsPriority: optionalArchitecture: amd64Depends: ocl-icd-libopencl1 (>= 2.0), libnuma1Maintainer: Your Name Description: Intel OpenCL CPU implementation This package provides Intel OpenCL implementation which can utilize Intel Core processors.EOF#copy over the documentation into the deb staging areacp opt/intel/opencl-1.2-5.2.0.10002/doc/* opencl-driver-intel-cpu/usr/share/doc/opencl-driver-intel-cpu/
#the icd registry could be copied from opt/intel/opencl-1.2-5.0.0.57/etc/intel64.icd #but it's wrong anyway and we'd have to change it, handle this later#now put the libs where they go in the staging areacp opt/intel/opencl-1.2-5.2.0.10002/lib64/* opencl-driver-intel-cpu/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/OpenCL/vendors/intel/
#now deal with that icd registrycat <<'EOF' >> opencl-driver-intel-cpu/etc/OpenCL/vendors/intel64.icd/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/OpenCL/vendors/intel/libintelocl.soEOF#finally build the deb packagedpkg-deb --build opencl-driver-intel-cpu
#and install itsudo dpkg --install opencl-driver-intel-cpu.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo ldconfig
clinfo #this verifies it installed correctly#cleanuprm -rf opencl-driver-intel-cpu opencl_runtime_16.1_x64_ubuntu_5.2.0.10002*
rm -rf opt
Comments (2)
Raj Bhattacharjea
Now that Intel officially supports OpenCL Runtime 16.1 on Ubuntu, you don't have to do these tricks to get it to install. Running "install.sh" or "install_GUI.sh" from the tarball downloaded in this script works just fine.
Bastian Köcher
Nice to know that this worked for you. I don't know why, but the install script won't run under ubuntu 16.04 for me :(
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Now that Intel officially supports OpenCL Runtime 16.1 on Ubuntu, you don't have to do these tricks to get it to install. Running "install.sh" or "install_GUI.sh" from the tarball downloaded in this script works just fine.
Nice to know that this worked for you. I don't know why, but the install script won't run under ubuntu 16.04 for me :(