Information about the package, mpir, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mpir package is designed for, A library for arbitrary precision arithmetic.
Package Name:
mpir
Summary:
A library for arbitrary precision arithmetic
URL:
Description:
MPIR is an open source multiprecision integer library derived from version 4.2.1 of the GMP (GNU Multi Precision) project.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.1
Release:
4.el6
Size:
217 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the mpir package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mpir
This command will install mpir on the server.
yum remove mpir
This command will un-install mpir on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpir, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mpir
This command will un-install mpir 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 mpir when using the -y flag.
yum update mpir
This command will update mpir to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpir, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mpir
This command will update mpir 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 mpir when using the -y flag.
yum info mpir
This command will show you core information about the mpir package.
yum deplist mpir
This command will show you the dependencies for mpir. 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 mpir
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mpir. 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.