How To Install mpir on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpir on AlmaLinux 8.
What is mpir
MPIR is a highly optimised library for bignum arithmetic forked from the GMP bignum library. It is written in assembly language and C. It is community maintained via the GitHub repositories of William Hart (Linux/OSX) and Brian Gladman (Windows). There are currently no curators for other platforms. MPIR is assembly optimised for various x86-64 CPUs. It is designed to be threadsafe.
We can use yum or dnf to install mpir on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpir.
Install mpir on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mpir using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mpir
Install mpir on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mpir using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mpir
How To Uninstall mpir on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the mpir package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mpir
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpir on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
