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/2020/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-OPENVINO-2020 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/2020 all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-openvino-2020.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 16.04: intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu16

Developer Packages

• Ubuntu 18.04: intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu18
• Ubuntu 16.04: intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu16

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 16.04:

  sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu16

• Developer Packages

  On Ubuntu 18.04:

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

  On Ubuntu 16.04:

  sudo apt-cache search intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu16

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

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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-ubuntu18-2020.1.023

  On Ubuntu 16.04:

  sudo apt install intel-openvino-runtime-ubuntu16-2020.1.023

• Developer Package
  On Ubuntu 18.04:

  sudo apt install intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu18-2020.1.023 

  On Ubuntu 16.04:

  sudo apt install intel-openvino-dev-ubuntu16-2020.1.023

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  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>

Additional Resources

• Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit home page: https://software.intel.com/en-us/openvino-toolkit
• OpenVINO™ toolkit online documentation: https://docs.openvinotoolkit.org
• Model Optimizer Developer Guide.
• Inference Engine Developer Guide
• For more information on Sample Applications, see the Inference Engine Samples Overview.
• For information on Inference Engine Tutorials, see the Inference Tutorials.
• For IoT Libraries & Code Samples see the Intel® IoT Developer Kit.