How To Install gcc-9-cross-base-ports on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-cross-base-ports on Kali Linux. gcc-9-cross-base-ports is GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (library base package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-cross-base-ports on Kali Linux.

What is gcc-9-cross-base-ports

gcc-9-cross-base-ports is:

This empty package contains changelog and copyright files common to all libraries contained in the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).

There are three methods to install gcc-9-cross-base-ports on Kali Linux. 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-9-cross-base-ports 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-9-cross-base-ports using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-9-cross-base-ports

Install gcc-9-cross-base-ports Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-9-cross-base-ports using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc-9-cross-base-ports

Install gcc-9-cross-base-ports Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-9-cross-base-ports using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc-9-cross-base-ports

How To Uninstall gcc-9-cross-base-ports on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gcc-9-cross-base-ports package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc-9-cross-base-ports

Uninstall gcc-9-cross-base-ports And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc-9-cross-base-ports and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-9-cross-base-ports

Remove gcc-9-cross-base-ports Configurations and Data

To remove gcc-9-cross-base-ports configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-9-cross-base-ports

Remove gcc-9-cross-base-ports configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc-9-cross-base-ports configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-9-cross-base-ports

Dependencies

gcc-9-cross-base-ports have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-cross-base-ports package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.