How To Install libfxdiv-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfxdiv-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfxdiv-dev is division via fixed-point multiplication by inverse

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxdiv-dev on Debian 12.

What is libfxdiv-dev

libfxdiv-dev is:

On modern CPUs and GPUs integer division is several times slower than multiplication. FXdiv implements an algorithm to replace an integer division with a multiplication and two shifts. This algorithm improves performance when an application performs repeated divisions by the same divisor.

This is a header-only library.

There are three methods to install libfxdiv-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 libfxdiv-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 libfxdiv-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfxdiv-dev

Install libfxdiv-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfxdiv-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfxdiv-dev

Install libfxdiv-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 libfxdiv-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfxdiv-dev

How To Uninstall libfxdiv-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libfxdiv-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfxdiv-dev

Uninstall libfxdiv-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfxdiv-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfxdiv-dev

Remove libfxdiv-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libfxdiv-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfxdiv-dev

Remove libfxdiv-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfxdiv-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfxdiv-dev

Dependencies

libfxdiv-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxdiv-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.