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

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu is GNU C compiler (cross compiler for i386 architecture) GNU C compiler (cross compiler for i386 architecture)

Introduction

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

What is gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu

gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu is:

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

This package contains C cross-compiler for i386 architecture.

Package: gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: foreign 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: 30024 Provides: c-compiler-i686-linux-gnu Depends: cpp-9-i686-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libcc1-0 (>= 8), binutils-i686-linux-gnu (>= 2.34), libgcc-9-dev-i386-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), 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-i386-cross (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6) Suggests: gcc-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu, gcc-9-doc (>= 8), gcc-9-locales (>= 8) Conflicts: gcc-multilib Replaces: cpp-9-i686-linux-gnu (« 7.1.1-8) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 8289728 MD5sum: 28e2282dff5188c3d56774a5241a1bbe SHA1: 017fccf6e8ad79ae8d80a040b7988ef55083da91 SHA256: 820460abf271e38fd8f59765d56928c6f2db3b7aa520de9a50ca756735d53050 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C compiler (cross compiler for i386 architecture) This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.

This package contains C cross-compiler for i386 architecture.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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