How To Install flang-7 on Debian 10

Learn how to install flang-7 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. flang-7 is Fortran compiler front-end for LLVM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flang-7 on Debian 10.

What is flang-7

flang-7 is:

This is a Fortran compiler using LLVM.

There are three methods to install flang-7 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install flang-7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install flang-7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install flang-7

Install flang-7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install flang-7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flang-7

Install flang-7 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install flang-7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flang-7

How To Uninstall flang-7 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the flang-7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flang-7

Uninstall flang-7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall flang-7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flang-7

Remove flang-7 Configurations and Data

To remove flang-7 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flang-7

Remove flang-7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove flang-7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flang-7

Dependencies

flang-7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flang-7 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.