How To Install libmpc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libmpc.x86_64 is C library for multiple precision complex arithmetic

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libmpc.x86_64`

MPC is a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily high precision and correct rounding of the result. It is built upon and follows the same principles as Mpfr.

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

Install libmpc.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 libmpc.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmpc.x86_64

How To Uninstall libmpc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libmpc.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libmpc.x86_64

libmpc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libmpc.so.3
/usr/lib64/libmpc.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libmpc-1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libmpc-1.0.1/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/libmpc-1.0.1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmpc-1.0.1/README

References

libmpc.x86_64 website

Summary

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