How To Install gmp-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gmp-static.x86_64 is Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gmp-static.x86_64`

The static libraries for using the GNU MP arbitrary precision library in applications.

We can use yum to install gmp-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gmp-static.x86_64.

Install gmp-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gmp-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gmp-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall gmp-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gmp-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gmp-static.x86_64

gmp-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgmp.a
/usr/lib64/libgmpxx.a

References

gmp-static.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.