How To Install libmpdec-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.