How To Install gdc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gdc-9
gdc-9 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 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: 27844 Provides: d-compiler, d-v2-compiler, gdc Depends: gcc-9-base (>= 8), g++-9 (>= 8), libgphobos-9-dev (>= 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/gdc-9_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 7848932 MD5sum: 63d7fe0b275c1cbc3290029679796075 SHA1: 2aef02cc07d95ab702349f4f942c8feb0eb8e377 SHA256: 4cad04d156d65eca5f7f861d6f303982447cacd83327429c2d4c66df4a6f3d8c Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU D compiler (version 2) 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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdc-9
Install gdc-9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdc-9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdc-9
Install gdc-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 gdc-9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdc-9
How To Uninstall gdc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gdc-9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdc-9
Uninstall gdc-9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdc-9 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
Remove gdc-9 Configurations and Data
To remove gdc-9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdc-9
Remove gdc-9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdc-9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdc-9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdc-9 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
