How To Install libtommath on Fedora 34

libtommath is A portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library A portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtommath on Fedora 34.

What is `libtommath`

A free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library written entirely in C. (phew!). The library is designed to provide a simple to work with API that provides fairly efficient routines that build out of the box without configuration. libtommath 1.2.0 3.fc34 x86_64 64 k libtommath-1.2.0-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora A portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library http Public Domain A free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library written entirely in C. (phew!). The library is designed to provide a simple to work with API that provides fairly efficient routines that build out of the box without configuration.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtommath on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtommath.

Install libtommath on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libtommath

Install libtommath on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libtommath using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtommath

How To Uninstall libtommath on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libtommath

libtommath Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/5e7b20c5de741c5457a17a2d4ba2c193aaa64d
/usr/lib64/libtommath.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtommath.so.1.2.0
/usr/share/licenses/libtommath
/usr/share/licenses/libtommath/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/a42be45669d27f3ac6db5c12567691f4aaff33
/usr/lib/libtommath.so.1
/usr/lib/libtommath.so.1.2.0
/usr/share/licenses/libtommath
/usr/share/licenses/libtommath/LICENSE

References

[libtommath website](http://www.libtom.net/ http://www.libtom.net/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtommath on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.