How To Install gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu is:
This is the GNU D compiler, which compiles D on platforms supported by gcc. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimised code.
This compiler supports D language version 2.
Package: gdc-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: 28077 Depends: gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base (>= 8), g++-9-i686-linux-gnu (>= 8), gdc-9 (>= 8), libgphobos-9-dev-i386-cross (>= 8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Replaces: gdc (« 4.4.6-5) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 7904900 MD5sum: 20ff3df8963c1dd7280ea5734a73f7fd SHA1: aa4ccc31cc37b89d7b60577d8b7bc0f2ef9621e6 SHA256: 598dc07d5377d768d3cb52a187f91c4d3c9f1d912e750d134f35da492bdb798c Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU D compiler (version 2) (cross compiler for i386 architecture) This is the GNU D compiler, which compiles D on platforms supported by gcc. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimised code.
This compiler supports D language version 2.
There are three methods to install gdc-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 gdc-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 gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
Install gdc-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 gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
Install gdc-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 gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
Uninstall gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdc-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 gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdc-9-i686-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
