How To Install libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7.

What is libquadmath-devel

This package contains headers for building Fortran programs using REAL16 and programs using __float128 math. This package contains headers for building Fortran programs using REAL16 and programs using __float128 math.

We can use yum or dnf to install libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libquadmath-devel.

Install libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libquadmath-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libquadmath-devel

Install libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libquadmath-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libquadmath-devel

How To Uninstall libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libquadmath-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libquadmath-devel

References

• libquadmath-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.