How To Install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8. softfloat-devel is Berkeley IEEE Binary Floating-Point Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `softfloat-devel`

Berkeley SoftFloat is a software implementation of binary floating-point that conforms to the IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic. The current release supports five binary formats single-precision, 64-bit double-precision, 80-bit double-extended- precision, and 128-bit quadruple-precision. The softfloat-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use softfloat.

We can use yum or dnf to install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install softfloat-devel.

Install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install softfloat-devel

Install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install softfloat-devel

How To Uninstall softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove softfloat-devel

softfloat-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/softfloat.h
/usr/include/softfloat_types.h
/usr/include/softfloat_version.h
/usr/lib64/libSoftFloat64.a
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/CHANGELOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/SoftFloat-history.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/SoftFloat-source.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/SoftFloat.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/softfloat.README.html
/usr/share/doc/softfloat-devel/softfloat.README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/softfloat-devel
/usr/share/licenses/softfloat-devel/softfloat.LICENSE.txt

References

softfloat-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install softfloat-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.