How To Install tomsfastmath on Fedora 34

tomsfastmath is Fast large integer arithmetic library Fast large integer arithmetic library

Introduction

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

What is `tomsfastmath`

TomsFastMath is meant to be a very fast yet still fairly portable and easy to port large integer arithmetic library written in ISO C. The goal specifically is to be able to perform very fast modular exponentiations and other related functions required for ECC, DH and RSA cryptosystems. tomsfastmath 0.13.1 8.fc34 x86_64 281 k tomsfastmath-0.13.1-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora Fast large integer arithmetic library http Public Domain or WTFPL TomsFastMath is meant to be a very fast yet still fairly portable and easy to port large integer arithmetic library written in ISO C. The goal specifically is to be able to perform very fast modular exponentiations and other related functions required for ECC, DH and RSA cryptosystems.

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

Install tomsfastmath 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 tomsfastmath using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tomsfastmath

Install tomsfastmath 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 tomsfastmath using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tomsfastmath

How To Uninstall tomsfastmath on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove tomsfastmath

tomsfastmath Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/e62cf0088c9c1e3b065a8362eb5b53bdaf7610
/usr/lib64/libtfm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtfm.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/tomsfastmath
/usr/share/doc/tomsfastmath/tfm.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/tomsfastmath
/usr/share/licenses/tomsfastmath/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/5891adc1082119d47671a2f05ee1ef6e988329
/usr/lib/libtfm.so.1
/usr/lib/libtfm.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/tomsfastmath
/usr/share/doc/tomsfastmath/tfm.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/tomsfastmath
/usr/share/licenses/tomsfastmath/LICENSE

References

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

Summary

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