How To Install libmpfr6 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr6 on Debian 11. libmpfr6 is multiple precision floating-point computation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr6 on Debian 11.

What is libmpfr6

libmpfr6 is:

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 libmpfr6 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmpfr6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpfr6

Install libmpfr6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmpfr6

Install libmpfr6 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 libmpfr6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmpfr6

How To Uninstall libmpfr6 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libmpfr6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmpfr6

Uninstall libmpfr6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpfr6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpfr6

Remove libmpfr6 Configurations and Data

To remove libmpfr6 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpfr6

Remove libmpfr6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmpfr6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpfr6

Dependencies

libmpfr6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr6 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.