How To Install libmpdec3 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec3 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libmpdec3
libmpdec3 is:
mpdecimal is a package for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic.
There are three methods to install libmpdec3 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmpdec3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpdec3
Install libmpdec3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpdec3
Install libmpdec3 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpdec3
How To Uninstall libmpdec3 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libmpdec3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpdec3
Uninstall libmpdec3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpdec3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpdec3
Remove libmpdec3 Configurations and Data
To remove libmpdec3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpdec3
Remove libmpdec3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpdec3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpdec3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.