How to Install libgmp-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libgmp-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libgmp-dev software package provides Multiprecision arithmetic library developers tools, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libgmp-dev 

libgmp-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libgmp-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgmp-dev *

You will get with libgmp-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libgmp-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libgmp-dev
Version 2:5.1.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Description Multiprecision arithmetic library developers tools
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libgmp-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?