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  :description: Composable Kernel prerequisites
  :keywords: composable kernel, CK, ROCm, API, documentation, prerequisites

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Composable Kernel prerequisites
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Docker images that include all the required prerequisites for building Composable Kernel are available on `Docker Hub <https://hub.docker.com/r/rocm/composable_kernel/tags>`_.

The following prerequisites are required to build and install Composable Kernel:

* cmake    
* hip-rocclr    
* iputils-ping
* jq 
* libelf-dev
* libncurses5-dev  
* libnuma-dev  
* libpthread-stubs0-dev  
* llvm-amdgpu  
* mpich  
* net-tools  
* python3  
* python3-dev  
* python3-pip  
* redis  
* rocm-llvm-dev  
* zlib1g-dev  
* libzstd-dev  
* openssh-server  
* clang-format-18