We use the Intel CPU OpenCL runtime libraries widely throughout our firm, but we are now in the position that we are stuck with out of date Intel runtime drivers due to the irksome nature of the Intel installer for the latest available version, 18.1. Specifically the installer requires that the machines Intel HD Graphics drivers are uninstalled before it will proceed and there appears to be no way of proceeding without this. This is a huge problem.
Up to now, our IT department has rolled out updates by simply adding the latest Intel installer to the list of available software in our internal database, which can then be deployed and run automatically. However, in this case it is impossible due to this extremely difficult prerequisite of removing the graphics drivers.
Can anyone at Intel please advise how they expect large clients to roll out the 18.1 CPU OpenCL runtime drivers internally? It's not reasonable to expect the local graphics drivers to be uninstalled, and then later re-installed, as part of an automated roll-out to 100s of machines. This is a huge headache.
Surely there must be some way of updating to the 18.1 OpenCL CPU runtime driver without removing the Intel graphics drivers?
This problem has us completely stuck, so any assistance with how we are meant to proceed would be greatly appreciated.