How To Install mpdecimal on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdecimal
on CentOS 7.
What is mpdecimal
The package contains a library limpdec implementing General Decimal Arithmetic Specification. The specification, written by Mike Cowlishaw from IBM, defines a general purpose arbitrary precision data type together with rigorously specified functions and rounding behavior.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mpdecimal
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpdecimal.
Install mpdecimal on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install mpdecimal
using yum
by running the following command:
Install mpdecimal 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.
After updating yum database, We can install mpdecimal
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall mpdecimal on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mpdecimal
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdecimal
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.