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mpfr


Information about the package, mpfr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mpfr package is designed for, A C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations.


Package Name:

mpfr

Summary:

A C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations

Description:

The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with "correct rounding". The MPFR is efficient and also 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). MPFR is based on the GMP multiple-precision library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.4.1

Release:

6.el6

Size:

369 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and GFDL



Handy Yum Commands for mpfr


Control the mpfr package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install mpfr

This command will install mpfr on the server.

yum remove mpfr

This command will un-install mpfr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpfr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove mpfr

This command will un-install mpfr 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 when using the -y flag.

yum update mpfr

This command will update mpfr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpfr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update mpfr

This command will update mpfr 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 when using the -y flag.

yum info mpfr

This command will show you core information about the mpfr package.

yum deplist mpfr

This command will show you the dependencies for mpfr. 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

This command will check if there is an update waiting on mpfr. 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.