How To Install libdfp1 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfp1 on Ubuntu.
What is libdfp1
libdfp1 is:
The “Decimal Floating Point C Library” is an implementation of ISO/IEC Technical report “ISO/IEC TR 24732” which describes the C-Language library routines necessary to provide the C library runtime support for decimal floating point data types introduced in IEEE 754-2008, namely _Decimal32, _Decimal64, and _Decimal128.
This package contains the runtime shared library.
There are three methods to install libdfp1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdfp1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfp1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdfp1
Install libdfp1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfp1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdfp1
Install libdfp1 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 libdfp1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdfp1
How To Uninstall libdfp1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libdfp1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdfp1
Uninstall libdfp1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdfp1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdfp1
Remove libdfp1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdfp1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdfp1
Remove libdfp1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdfp1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdfp1
Dependencies
libdfp1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfp1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.