How To Install softfloat-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softfloat-devel on CentOS 8.
What is softfloat-devel
Berkeley SoftFloat is a software implementation of binary floating-point that conforms to the IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic. The current release supports five binary formats single-precision, 64-bit double-precision, 80-bit double-extended- precision, and 128-bit quadruple-precision. The softfloat-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use softfloat.
We can use yum or dnf to install softfloat-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install softfloat-devel.
Install softfloat-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 softfloat-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install softfloat-devel
Install softfloat-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 softfloat-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install softfloat-devel
How To Uninstall softfloat-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the softfloat-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove softfloat-devel
softfloat-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/softfloat.h
/usr/include/softfloat_types.h
/usr/include/softfloat_version.h
/usr/lib64/libSoftFloat64.a
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/CHANGELOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/SoftFloat-history.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/SoftFloat-source.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/SoftFloat.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/softfloat.README.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/softfloat.README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/softfloat-devel
/usr/share/licenses/softfloat-devel/softfloat.LICENSE.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softfloat-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.