Information about the package, mpfr-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mpfr-devel package is designed for, Development tools A C library for mpfr library.
Package Name:
mpfr-devel
Summary:
Development tools A C library for mpfr library
URL:
Description:
The static libraries, header files and documentation for using the MPFR multiple-precision floating-point library in applications. If you want to develop applications which will use the MPFR library, you'll need to install the mpfr-devel package. You'll also need to install the mpfr package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.1
Release:
6.el6
Size:
55 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and GFDL
Control the mpfr-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mpfr-devel
This command will install mpfr-devel on the server.
yum remove mpfr-devel
This command will un-install mpfr-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpfr-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mpfr-devel
This command will un-install mpfr-devel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mpfr-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update mpfr-devel
This command will update mpfr-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpfr-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mpfr-devel
This command will update mpfr-devel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mpfr-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info mpfr-devel
This command will show you core information about the mpfr-devel package.
yum deplist mpfr-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for mpfr-devel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update mpfr-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mpfr-devel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.