How To Install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base on Ubuntu 20.04. gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base is GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package) GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base is:

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

Package: gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-9-cross (21ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 265 Breaks: gnat (« 7) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 19432 MD5sum: c06079977dedb9d0b0e8aa5754bfa277 SHA1: 13794b4c6090ca797074776b681e4c6029d61139 SHA256: eb23f4cb905fc9e26fe775ba3ee386cd111c4bb5fd7960b41e6ad51eb4c90da8 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).

There are three methods to install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-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-9-i686-linux-gnu-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-9-i686-linux-gnu-base using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

Install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

Install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-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-9-i686-linux-gnu-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

How To Uninstall gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

Uninstall gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-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-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

Remove gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base Configurations and Data

To remove gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

Remove gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.