Installing Intel® Performance Libraries and Intel® Distribution for Python* Using APT Repository

These repositories are no longer being updated as of 2020, and all newer releases can be found on the Intel® oneAPI Toolkits Installation Guide for Linux* OS.

This page provides general installation and support notes about the Community forum supported Intel® Performance Libraries and Intel® Distribution for Python* as they are distributed via the APT repositories described below.

These software development tools are also available as part of the Intel® oneAPI Base & HPC Toolkit. These products include enterprise-level Intel® Online Service Center support.

Setting up the Repository

Install the GPG key for the repository

In a root shell, get the Intel SW Products public key and install it as follows:

sudo bash
# <type your user password when prompted.  this will put you in a root shell>
# cd to /tmp where this shell has write permission
cd /tmp
# now get the key:
wget https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
# now install that key
apt-key add GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
# now remove the public key file exit the root shell
rm GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
exit

Add the APT Repository

Add the repositories in two ways:

• Add all Intel® Performance Libraries and Intel® Distribution for Python* repositories at once:

  sudo wget https://apt.repos.intel.com/setup/intelproducts.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intelproducts.list

  You can enable or disable repositories in the intelproducts.repo file by setting the value of the enabled directive to 1 or 0 as required.
• Add an individual product:
  • Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL):

    sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/mkl all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-mkl.list'

  • Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel® IPP):

    sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/ipp all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-ipp.list'

  • Intel® oneAPI Threading Building Blocks (oneTBB):

    sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/tbb all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-tbb.list'

  • Intel® oneAPI Data Analytics Library (oneDAL):

    sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/daal all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-daal.list'

  • Intel® MPI Library:

    sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/mpi all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-mpi.list'

  • Intel® Distribution for Python*:

    sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/intelpython binary/ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intelpython.list'

• NOTE: If you select a package that includes 32-bit libraries, you must first enable i386 architecture with:

  sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Update the list of packages

sudo apt-get update

Intel® Performance Libraries and Intel® Distribution for Python* versions available in the repository

By downloading Intel® Performance Libraries and Intel® Distribution for Python* you agree to the terms and conditions stated in the End-User License Agreement (EULA).

Installing the library and Python packages using the APT-GET Package Manager

The following variables are used in the installation commands:
<PYTHON_VERSION>: 2, 3
<VERSION>: 2018, ...
<UPDATE>: 0, 1, 2, ...
<BUILD_NUMBER>: build number, check the list in previous section
<COMPONENT>: a component name from the list of available components below

How do I install a particular version?

1. To install a particular version of one of the Intel® Performance Libraries:

   sudo apt-get install <COMPONENT>-<VERSION>.<UPDATE>-<BUILD_NUMBER>

   Example:

   sudo apt-get install intel-mkl-2018.2-046

2. To install a particular language version of the Intel® Distribution for Python*:

   sudo apt-get install intelpython<PYTHON_VERSION>

   Example:

   sudo apt-get install intelpython3

3. To specify which version of the Intel® Distribution for Python* to install:

   sudo apt-get install intelpython<PYTHON_VERSION>=<VERSION>.<UPDATE>.<BUILD_NUMBER>

   Example:

   sudo apt-get install intelpython3=2018.2.037

By downloading Intel® Performance Libraries and Intel® Distribution for Python* you agree to the terms and conditions stated in the End-User License Agreement (EULA).

How do I uninstall a particular version?

1. To uninstall one of the Intel® Performance Libraries:

   sudo apt-get autoremove <COMPONENT>-<VERSION>.<UPDATE>-<BUILD_NUMBER>

   Example:

   sudo apt-get autoremove intel-mkl-2018.2-046

2. To uninstall the Intel® Distribution for Python*:

   sudo apt-get remove intelpython<PYTHON_VERSION>

   Example:

   sudo apt-get remove intelpython3

Troubleshooting

apt-get update hang

If you notice a hang after apt-get update during the Working 0% stage, please run the following command after installing the GPG key for the repository:

apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates

This will allow the package manager to access metadata and packages over https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), which is how the Intel repositories are hosted.

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