How To Install libmpfr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpfr-dev
libmpfr-dev is:
This development package provides the header files and the symbolic links to allow compilation and linking of programs that use the libraries provided in the libmpfr4 package.
MPFR provides a library for multiple-precision floating-point computation with correct rounding. The computation is both efficient and has a well-defined semantics. It copies the good ideas from the ANSI/IEEE-754 standard for double-precision floating-point arithmetic (53-bit mantissa).
There are three methods to install libmpfr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmpfr-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 libmpfr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpfr-dev
Install libmpfr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpfr-dev
Install libmpfr-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 libmpfr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpfr-dev
How To Uninstall libmpfr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpfr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpfr-dev
Uninstall libmpfr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpfr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpfr-dev
Remove libmpfr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpfr-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpfr-dev
Remove libmpfr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpfr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpfr-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
