How To Install libdfp on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfp on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libdfp
The “Decimal Floating Point C Library” is an implementation of ISO/IEC Technical report “ISO/IEC TR 24732” which describes the C-Language library routines necessary to provide the C library runtime support for decimal floating point data types introduced in IEEE 754-2008, namely _Decimal32, _Decimal64, and _Decimal128.
We can use yum or dnf to install libdfp on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libdfp.
Install libdfp on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libdfp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libdfp
Install libdfp on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libdfp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libdfp
How To Uninstall libdfp on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libdfp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libdfp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfp on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
