Install Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit for Linux* Using APT Repository

This guide provides installation steps for Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit for Linux* distributed through the APT repository.

IMPORTANT: By downloading and using this container and the included software, you agree to the terms and conditions of the software license agreements. Please, review the content inside the <openvino_install_root>/licensing folder for more details.

NOTE: Intel® Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL™ is not a part of OpenVINO™ APT distribution. You can install it from the Intel® Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL™ GitHub repo.

Set up the Repository

Install the GPG key for the repository

  1. Download the public key from https://apt.repos.intel.com/openvino/2021/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-OPENVINO-2021 and save it to a file.
  2. Add this key to the system keyring:
    sudo apt-key add <PATH_TO_DOWNLOADED_GPG_KEY>
  3. Check the list of APT keys running the following command:
    sudo apt-key list

Add the APT Repository

Run the following command:

echo "deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/openvino/2021 all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-openvino-2021.list

Update the list of packages

Run the update command:

sudo apt update

There are full release Runtime and Developer packages, and also some available components.

Runtime Packages

  • Ubuntu 18.04: intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu18
  • Ubuntu 20.04: intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu20

Developer Packages

  • Ubuntu 18.04: intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu18
  • Ubuntu 20.04: intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu20

Get the list of available packages

Run the apt-cache command to see a list of all available OpenVINO packages and components:

apt-cache search openvino

Examples

  • Runtime Packages

    On Ubuntu 18.04:

    sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu18

    On Ubuntu 20.04:

    sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu20

  • Developer Packages

    On Ubuntu 18.04:

    sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu18

    On Ubuntu 20.04:

    sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu20

Install the runtime or developer packages using the APT Package Manager

Intel® OpenVINO will be installed in: /opt/intel/openvino_<VERSION>.<UPDATE>.<BUILD_NUM>

A symlink will be created: /opt/intel/openvino

To Install a specific version

To get a list of OpenVINO packages available for installation:

sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu18

To install a specific version of an OpenVINO package:

sudo apt install intel-openvino-<PACKAGE_TYPE>-ubuntu<OS_VERSION>-<VERSION>.<UPDATE>.<BUILD_NUM>

Examples

  • Runtime Package

    On Ubuntu 18.04:

    sudo apt install intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu18-2021.1.105

    On Ubuntu 20.04:

    sudo apt install intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu20-2021.1.105
  • Developer Package
    On Ubuntu 18.04:
    sudo apt install intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu18-2021.1.105
    On Ubuntu 20.04:
    sudo apt install intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu20-2021.1.105

To Uninstall a specific version

To uninstall a specific full runtime package:

sudo apt autoremove intel-openvino-<PACKAGE_TYPE>-ubuntu<OS_VERSION>-<VERSION>.<UPDATE>.<BUILD_NUM>

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