How To Install libdfp-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfp-dev on Debian 12.
What is libdfp-dev
libdfp-dev is:
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.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libdfp-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdfp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdfp-dev
Install libdfp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdfp-dev
Install libdfp-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdfp-dev
How To Uninstall libdfp-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdfp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdfp-dev
Uninstall libdfp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdfp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdfp-dev
Remove libdfp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdfp-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdfp-dev
Remove libdfp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdfp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdfp-dev
Dependencies
libdfp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfp-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
