How To Install libsymfpu-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsymfpu-dev on Debian 12.
What is libsymfpu-dev
libsymfpu-dev is:
SymFPU is an implementation of the SMT-LIB / IEEE-754 operations in terms of bit-vector operations. It is templated in terms of the bit-vectors, propositions, floating-point formats and rounding mode types used. This allows the same code to be executed as an arbitrary precision “SoftFloat” library (although it’s performance would not be good) or to be used to build symbolic representation of floating-point operations suitable for use in “bit-blasting” SMT solvers (you could also generate circuits from them but again, performance will likely not be good).
This package contains development files for SymFPU. Install it if you want to develop applications that use SymFPU’s API.
There are three methods to install libsymfpu-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsymfpu-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 libsymfpu-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsymfpu-dev
Install libsymfpu-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsymfpu-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsymfpu-dev
Install libsymfpu-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsymfpu-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsymfpu-dev
How To Uninstall libsymfpu-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsymfpu-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsymfpu-dev
Uninstall libsymfpu-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsymfpu-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsymfpu-dev
Remove libsymfpu-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsymfpu-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsymfpu-dev
Remove libsymfpu-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsymfpu-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsymfpu-dev
Dependencies
libsymfpu-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsymfpu-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
