How To Install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu is:
This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
This is a dependency package, depending on development packages for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
Package: g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-9-cross (21ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 6 Depends: gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), g++-9-i686-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), lib64stdc++-9-dev-i386-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libx32stdc++-9-dev-i386-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2) Suggests: lib64stdc++6-9-dbg-i386-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libx32stdc++6-9-dbg-i386-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 1192 MD5sum: b54fa68bf156b1ab3b7a5fa00519d2c5 SHA1: f8d9c562ce988450a526c73e25b8ece23ab0a7f7 SHA256: e7a61a59a427f99dd74f63711e6c30f0a0cf379efde20cfe09d32140f82f8f6d Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C++ compiler (multilib support) (cross compiler for i386 architecture) This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
This is a dependency package, depending on development packages for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
There are three methods to install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Uninstall g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Remove g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Remove g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
