How To Install gcc-10-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcc-10-multilib
gcc-10-multilib 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 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel 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: 6 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), gcc-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6-dev-i386 (>= 2.11), libc6-dev-x32 (>= 2.11), lib32gcc-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libx32gcc-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/gcc-10-multilib_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1064 MD5sum: a8e6d1ec71210b54e1c40816cb1e9e1c SHA1: f3ec42b7fccd14ddd577dd724a4b306b686ecc96 SHA256: 9b8864f4e4a595f7acec8b877bcb26d26349af647042f1931d33d1fdec5b1e25 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C compiler (multilib support) 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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10-multilib
Install gcc-10-multilib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-multilib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-10-multilib
Install gcc-10-multilib 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-10-multilib
How To Uninstall gcc-10-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcc-10-multilib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-10-multilib
Uninstall gcc-10-multilib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-10-multilib 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
Remove gcc-10-multilib Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-10-multilib configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-10-multilib
Remove gcc-10-multilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-10-multilib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-10-multilib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-multilib package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
