How to Install and Uninstall libmpdec-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libmpdec-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libmpdec-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmpdec-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmpdec-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libmpdec-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmpdec-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmpdec-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmpdec-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 389
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Source: mpdecimal
Version: 2.4.2-1
Depends: libmpdec2 (= 2.4.2-1)
Suggests: libmpdec-doc
Filename: pool/main/m/mpdecimal/libmpdec-dev_2.4.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 88030
MD5sum: 07ebd4e1f09b51b47f231b38b551869f
SHA1: 02b0d63a2a00821096cd9401735c08a2dfc588e7
SHA256: 1d4d09b8e9568a69bf1649673cc2dd74be9768c824e2d3edc8e6767c817f8c0d
Description-en: library for decimal floating point arithmetic (development files)
mpdecimal is a package for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal
floating point arithmetic.
Description-md5: aaec92a2292a393a662516d21db6c572
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/index.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m