Installing OpenCL

###In Progress

Warning - installing graphics drivers can have serious impacts on your system.

Improper installation can make it difficult or even nearly impossible to even use your system unless you know what you are doing. The user accepts this responsibility. The following are simply workflows that have worked for me on virtual machines.

AMD

If you have an AMD GPU (or if you want to use this package on the CPU for some strange reason) you will need to download the SDK directly from the AMD website. You can find the downloads for any OS here. Although I will delineate some concise instructions below you can read the full installation notes for more information.

Mac OS X

I believe OpenCL is already part of the system so you should be good to go.

Linux

With root privileges, accept all defaults

# extract download
tar -xvf AMD-APP-SDKInstaller-v<v.s.x.y>-GA-linux64.tar.bz2

# install
sudo ./AMD-APP-SDKInstaller-v<v.s.x.y>-GA-linux64.sh

Update .bashrc to point to installation by simply copying the contents of /etc/profile.d/AMDAPPSDK.sh to your .bashrc file.

Installing without root privileges should be fine on a single user system. The installation will modify the .bashrc automatically for you.

Windows

Just download the *.exe file and run it. Install the complete framework.

Intel

Mac OS X

Linux

Windows