How To Install libquadmath0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libquadmath0
libquadmath0 is:
A library, which provides quad-precision mathematical functions on targets supporting the __float128 datatype. The library is used to provide on such targets the REAL(16) type in the GNU Fortran compiler. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
Package: libquadmath0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 304 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.23) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/libquadmath0_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 145896 MD5sum: 2e17d865cd9f2fed3e7bfd5f81f546ef SHA1: 98ecd48571169d67c22702eb85f42448c5c8961b SHA256: a95f27c8d2a5e4e30ba09c6aa101bed235b0f2df64a62f8e66b548ca45a1bb2b Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GCC Quad-Precision Math Library A library, which provides quad-precision mathematical functions on targets supporting the __float128 datatype. The library is used to provide on such targets the REAL(16) type in the GNU Fortran compiler. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
There are three methods to install libquadmath0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libquadmath0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libquadmath0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libquadmath0
Install libquadmath0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libquadmath0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libquadmath0
Install libquadmath0 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 libquadmath0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libquadmath0
How To Uninstall libquadmath0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libquadmath0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libquadmath0
Uninstall libquadmath0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libquadmath0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquadmath0
Remove libquadmath0 Configurations and Data
To remove libquadmath0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libquadmath0
Remove libquadmath0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libquadmath0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquadmath0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
