How to Install and Uninstall libfp16-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libfp16-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libfp16-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libfp16-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfp16-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libfp16-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfp16-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfp16-dev
Source: fp16
Version: 0.0~git20200514.4dfe081-3
Installed-Size: 71
Maintainer: Debian Deep Learning Team
Architecture: amd64
Description: Conversion to/from half-precision floating point formats
Description-md5: e324ed7c75cc809e3f9f9cf6a8d3a81e
Homepage: https://github.com/Maratyszcza/FP16
Section: math
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fp16/libfp16-dev_0.0~git20200514.4dfe081-3_amd64.deb
Size: 14748
MD5sum: 693c4180cb96359bedaae22d5ae366c1
SHA256: 22d278794df01bf17d05807860d03979addb2ea9bbeedcee3191a7ea1fff7eb1