How To Install gmp-devel on CentOS 8

gmp-devel is Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-devel on CentOS 8.

What is gmp-devel

The libraries, header files and documentation for using the GNU MP arbitrary precision library in applications. If you want to develop applications which will use the GNU MP library, you’ll need to install the gmp-devel package. You’ll also need to install the gmp package. gmp-devel 1 6.1.2 10.el8 x86_64 187 k gmp-6.1.2-10.el8.src.rpm baseos Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library http LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ The libraries, header files and documentation for using the GNU MP arbitrary precision library in applications. If you want to develop applications which will use the GNU MP library, you’ll need to install the gmp-devel package. You’ll also need to install the gmp package.

We can use yum or dnf to install gmp-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gmp-devel.

Install gmp-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gmp-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gmp-devel

Install gmp-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install gmp-devel

How To Uninstall gmp-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gmp-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gmp-devel

gmp-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/gmp-i386.h
/usr/include/gmp-mparam-i386.h
/usr/include/gmp-mparam.h
/usr/include/gmp.h
/usr/include/gmpxx.h
/usr/lib/libgmp.so
/usr/lib/libgmpxx.so
/usr/share/info/gmp.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/gmp.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/gmp.info.gz
/usr/include/gmp-mparam-x86_64.h
/usr/include/gmp-mparam.h
/usr/include/gmp-x86_64.h
/usr/include/gmp.h
/usr/include/gmpxx.h
/usr/lib64/libgmp.so
/usr/lib64/libgmpxx.so
/usr/share/info/gmp.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/gmp.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/gmp.info.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.