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libquadmath


Information about the package, libquadmath, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libquadmath package is designed for, GCC __float128 shared support library.


Package Name:

libquadmath

Summary:

GCC __float128 shared support library

Description:

LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains GCC shared support library which is needed for __float128 math support and for Fortran REAL*16 support.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

7.1.1

Release:

2.4.1.el6_9

Size:

293 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and



Handy Yum Commands for libquadmath


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libquadmath

This command will install libquadmath on the server.

yum remove libquadmath

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

yum -y remove libquadmath

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

yum update libquadmath

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

yum -y update libquadmath

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

yum info libquadmath

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

yum deplist libquadmath

This command will show you the dependencies for libquadmath. 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 libquadmath

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