How To Install libmpdec-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-doc on Debian 9. libmpdec-doc is library for decimal floating point arithmetic (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-doc on Debian 9.

What is libmpdec-doc

libmpdec-doc is:

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

There are three methods to install libmpdec-doc on Debian 9. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpdec-doc

Install libmpdec-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmpdec-doc

Install libmpdec-doc 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 libmpdec-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmpdec-doc

How To Uninstall libmpdec-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libmpdec-doc

Uninstall libmpdec-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpdec-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpdec-doc

Remove libmpdec-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libmpdec-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpdec-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmpdec-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.