How To Install libmpdec3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec3 on Kali Linux. libmpdec3 is library for decimal floating point arithmetic (runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec3 on Kali Linux.

What is libmpdec3

libmpdec3 is:

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

There are three methods to install libmpdec3 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 libmpdec3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpdec3

Install libmpdec3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpdec3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmpdec3

Install libmpdec3 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 libmpdec3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmpdec3

How To Uninstall libmpdec3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmpdec3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmpdec3

Uninstall libmpdec3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpdec3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpdec3

Remove libmpdec3 Configurations and Data

To remove libmpdec3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpdec3

Remove libmpdec3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmpdec3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpdec3

Dependencies

libmpdec3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdec3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.