How To Install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04. gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf is GNU C compiler (multilib support) (cross compiler for armhf architecture) GNU C compiler (multilib support) (cross compiler for armhf architecture)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf`

gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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: gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1 Built-Using: gcc-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-10-cross (6ubuntu2) 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-10-arm-linux-gnueabihf-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1), gcc-10-arm-linux-gnueabihf (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1), libc6-dev-armel-armhf-cross (>= 2.11) | libc6-dev-armel-armhf-cross, libsfgcc-10-dev-armhf-cross (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1) | libsfgcc-10-dev-armhf-cross Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10-cross/gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf_10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1_amd64.deb Size: 1180 MD5sum: 94f459829779ec1a1d25eb83230b873f SHA1: 0e2765f6772958ee7f124aa875b352fc4c30667c SHA256: 1d3c710dd0e9946cb11aa5dd207febf79037bd49b54f31daccb785d750dce8af Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C compiler (multilib support) (cross compiler for armhf 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 gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

How To Uninstall gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Uninstall gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Remove gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data

To remove gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Remove gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.