How To Install libmpfr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpfr-doc
libmpfr-doc is:
This package provides documentation for the multiple-precision floating-point computation library MPFR.
The documentation is available as html and PDF.
There are three methods to install libmpfr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmpfr-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpfr-doc
Install libmpfr-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpfr-doc
Install libmpfr-doc 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 libmpfr-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpfr-doc
How To Uninstall libmpfr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpfr-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpfr-doc
Uninstall libmpfr-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpfr-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpfr-doc
Remove libmpfr-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libmpfr-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpfr-doc
Remove libmpfr-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpfr-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpfr-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
