How To Install gccbrig-9 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccbrig-9 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gccbrig-9
gccbrig-9 is:
This is the GNU BRIG (HSA IL) frontend. The consumed format is a binary representation. The textual HSAIL can be compiled to it with a separate assembler.
Package: gccbrig-9 Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 26499 Provides: brig-compiler Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), hsail-tools, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libhsail-rt-9-dev (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9/gccbrig-9_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 7436788 MD5sum: fb76060005dbbd3c6f61a82fe0430455 SHA1: 647c155a6ff6f29f78f7fd29fda766039c547453 SHA256: 089c84b7e29fee32b93e139a5a2b4577f50be17d029201502adf45fc03ae22cb Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU BRIG (HSA IL) frontend This is the GNU BRIG (HSA IL) frontend. The consumed format is a binary representation. The textual HSAIL can be compiled to it with a separate assembler.
There are three methods to install gccbrig-9 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 gccbrig-9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gccbrig-9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gccbrig-9
Install gccbrig-9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gccbrig-9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gccbrig-9
Install gccbrig-9 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 gccbrig-9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gccbrig-9
How To Uninstall gccbrig-9 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gccbrig-9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gccbrig-9
Uninstall gccbrig-9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gccbrig-9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccbrig-9
Remove gccbrig-9 Configurations and Data
To remove gccbrig-9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gccbrig-9
Remove gccbrig-9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gccbrig-9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccbrig-9
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccbrig-9 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.