How To Install gmp-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. gmp-doc is GMP (MultiPrecision arithmetic library) reference manual

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gmp-doc

gmp-doc is:

This package provides the reference manual for the GNU Multiple Precision arithmetic library, a collection of routines for arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers.

The reference manual is available in INFO, PDF, and HTML formats.

There are three methods to install gmp-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gmp-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gmp-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gmp-doc

Install gmp-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gmp-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gmp-doc

Install gmp-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gmp-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmp-doc

How To Uninstall gmp-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gmp-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmp-doc

Uninstall gmp-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gmp-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmp-doc

Remove gmp-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gmp-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gmp-doc

Remove gmp-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gmp-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmp-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmp-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.