How To Install libmpfr6 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 libmpfr6 on Ubuntu.
What is libmpfr6
libmpfr6 is:
MPFR provides a library for multiple-precision floating-point computation with correct rounding. The computation is both efficient and has a well-defined semantics. It copies the good ideas from the ANSI/IEEE-754 standard for double-precision floating-point arithmetic (53-bit mantissa).
There are three methods to install libmpfr6 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 libmpfr6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpfr6
Install libmpfr6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpfr6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpfr6
Install libmpfr6 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 libmpfr6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpfr6
How To Uninstall libmpfr6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmpfr6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpfr6
Uninstall libmpfr6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpfr6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpfr6
Remove libmpfr6 Configurations and Data
To remove libmpfr6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpfr6
Remove libmpfr6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpfr6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpfr6
Dependencies
libmpfr6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpfr6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.