How To Install libmpdec2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec2 on Debian 9. libmpdec2 is library for decimal floating point arithmetic (runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec2 on Debian 9.

What is libmpdec2

libmpdec2 is:

mpdecimal is a package for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic.

There are three methods to install libmpdec2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmpdec2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpdec2

Install libmpdec2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmpdec2

Install libmpdec2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmpdec2

How To Uninstall libmpdec2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmpdec2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmpdec2

Uninstall libmpdec2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpdec2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpdec2

Remove libmpdec2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmpdec2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpdec2

Remove libmpdec2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmpdec2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpdec2

Dependencies

libmpdec2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.