How To Install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu is GNU C compiler (cross compiler for riscv64 architecture) GNU C compiler (cross compiler for riscv64 architecture)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu is:

This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.

This package contains C cross-compiler for riscv64 architecture.

Package: gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu 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-ports (5ubuntu1) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 41757 Provides: c-compiler-riscv64-linux-gnu Depends: cpp-10-riscv64-linux-gnu (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1), gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1), libcc1-0 (>= 10), binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu (>= 2.34), libgcc-10-dev-riscv64-cross (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: libc6-dev-riscv64-cross (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6) Suggests: gcc-10-doc (>= 10), gcc-10-locales (>= 10) Conflicts: gcc-multilib Replaces: cpp-10-riscv64-linux-gnu (« 7.1.1-8) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10-cross-ports/gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu_10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1_amd64.deb Size: 13452116 MD5sum: 6bc88920ce5d46a4648c24213c35f4f9 SHA1: 54396e153863c4f11f229e7505ac617dd5e16275 SHA256: 9ce81c72220abb310cfcbad4552b73a2924a487b414f38ede503969e09b6171c Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C compiler (cross compiler for riscv64 architecture) This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.

This package contains C cross-compiler for riscv64 architecture.

There are three methods to install gcc-10-riscv64-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 gcc-10-riscv64-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 gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

Install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

Install gcc-10-riscv64-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 gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

How To Uninstall gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

Uninstall gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc-10-riscv64-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 gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

Remove gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu Configurations and Data

To remove gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

Remove gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-riscv64-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.