How To Install gcc-10-base on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-base on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcc-10-base
gcc-10-base is:
This package contains files common to all languages and libraries contained in the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). Task: minimal
Package: gcc-10-base Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: required Section: libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 256 Breaks: gnat (« 7) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/gcc-10-base_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 19024 MD5sum: 05a3f6e76a6b8c704df623ff4296fe5e SHA1: 4d7cc4bf6a11de087d4523947dc9d19a8bdb6a66 SHA256: 5268c7d97c4615f8522fec21cfa361b32f87a6e028411f45537de062d9c5da1f Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package) This package contains files common to all languages and libraries contained in the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). Task: minimal
There are three methods to install gcc-10-base 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 gcc-10-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10-base
Install gcc-10-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-10-base
Install gcc-10-base 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 gcc-10-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-10-base
How To Uninstall gcc-10-base on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcc-10-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-10-base
Uninstall gcc-10-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-10-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-10-base
Remove gcc-10-base Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-10-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-10-base
Remove gcc-10-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-10-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-10-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-base package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
