How To Install mpfr-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpfr-devel on CentOS 7. mpfr-devel is Development tools A C library for mpfr library

Introduction

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

What is mpfr-devel

Header files and documentation for using the MPFR multiple-precision floating-point library in applications. If you want to develop applications which will use the MPFR library, you’ll need to install the mpfr-devel package. You’ll also need to install the mpfr package. Header files and documentation for using the MPFR multiple-precision floating-point library in applications. If you want to develop applications which will use the MPFR library, you’ll need to install the mpfr-devel package. You’ll also need to install the mpfr package.

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

Install mpfr-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 mpfr-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpfr-devel

Install mpfr-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 mpfr-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mpfr-devel

How To Uninstall mpfr-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mpfr-devel

References

Summary

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