How To Install libmpdec-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-dev on Kali Linux. libmpdec-dev is library for decimal floating point arithmetic (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libmpdec-dev

libmpdec-dev is:

mpdecimal is a package for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic.

There are three methods to install libmpdec-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmpdec-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 libmpdec-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpdec-dev

Install libmpdec-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmpdec-dev

Install libmpdec-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmpdec-dev

How To Uninstall libmpdec-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmpdec-dev

Uninstall libmpdec-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpdec-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpdec-dev

Remove libmpdec-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmpdec-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpdec-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmpdec-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.