How To Install gnat-mingw-w64 on Debian 10

Learn how to install gnat-mingw-w64 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gnat-mingw-w64 is GNU Ada compiler for MinGW-w64

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-mingw-w64 on Debian 10.

What is gnat-mingw-w64

gnat-mingw-w64 is:

MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and 64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

This metapackage provides the Ada compiler, supporting cross-compiling to 32- and 64-bit MinGW-w64 targets.

There are three methods to install gnat-mingw-w64 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnat-mingw-w64 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnat-mingw-w64 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnat-mingw-w64

Install gnat-mingw-w64 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnat-mingw-w64 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnat-mingw-w64

Install gnat-mingw-w64 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnat-mingw-w64 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnat-mingw-w64

How To Uninstall gnat-mingw-w64 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gnat-mingw-w64 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnat-mingw-w64

Uninstall gnat-mingw-w64 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnat-mingw-w64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnat-mingw-w64

Remove gnat-mingw-w64 Configurations and Data

To remove gnat-mingw-w64 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnat-mingw-w64

Remove gnat-mingw-w64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnat-mingw-w64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnat-mingw-w64

Dependencies

gnat-mingw-w64 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-mingw-w64 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.