How To Install gmp on CentOS 8

gmp is A GNU arbitrary precision library A GNU arbitrary precision library

Introduction

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

What is gmp

The gmp package contains GNU MP, a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, signed integers operations, rational numbers and floating point numbers. GNU MP is designed for speed, for both small and very large operands. GNU MP is fast because it uses fullwords as the basic arithmetic type, it uses fast algorithms, it carefully optimizes assembly code for many CPUs’ most common inner loops, and it generally emphasizes speed over simplicity/elegance in its operations. Install the gmp package if you need a fast arbitrary precision library. gmp 1 6.1.2 10.el8 i686 314 k gmp-6.1.2-10.el8.src.rpm baseos A GNU arbitrary precision library http LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ The gmp package contains GNU MP, a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, signed integers operations, rational numbers and floating point numbers. GNU MP is designed for speed, for both small and very large operands. GNU MP is fast because it uses fullwords as the basic arithmetic type, it uses fast algorithms, it carefully optimizes assembly code for many CPUs’ most common inner loops, and it generally emphasizes speed over simplicity/elegance in its operations. Install the gmp package if you need a fast arbitrary precision library.

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

Install gmp 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gmp

Install gmp 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gmp

How To Uninstall gmp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gmp

gmp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/759d47c9a0a9d6320a23eaf2580fb418e08262
/usr/lib/fipscheck/libgmp.so.10.3.2.hmac
/usr/lib/fipscheck/libgmp.so.10.hmac
/usr/lib/libgmp.so.10
/usr/lib/libgmp.so.10.3.2
/usr/share/doc/gmp
/usr/share/doc/gmp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gmp/README
/usr/share/licenses/gmp
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYING.LESSERv3
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYINGv2
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYINGv3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/04dab0a63ed12490219bd81b82618a92a1bbac
/usr/lib64/fipscheck/libgmp.so.10.3.2.hmac
/usr/lib64/fipscheck/libgmp.so.10.hmac
/usr/lib64/libgmp.so.10
/usr/lib64/libgmp.so.10.3.2
/usr/share/doc/gmp
/usr/share/doc/gmp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gmp/README
/usr/share/licenses/gmp
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYING.LESSERv3
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYINGv2
/usr/share/licenses/gmp/COPYINGv3

References

Summary

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