How To Install gobjc-8 on Debian 10

Learn how to install gobjc-8 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gobjc-8 is GNU Objective-C compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-8 on Debian 10.

What is gobjc-8

gobjc-8 is:

This is the GNU Objective-C compiler, which compiles Objective-C on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.

There are three methods to install gobjc-8 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 gobjc-8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gobjc-8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gobjc-8

Install gobjc-8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gobjc-8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gobjc-8

Install gobjc-8 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 gobjc-8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gobjc-8

How To Uninstall gobjc-8 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gobjc-8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gobjc-8

Uninstall gobjc-8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gobjc-8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobjc-8

Remove gobjc-8 Configurations and Data

To remove gobjc-8 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gobjc-8

Remove gobjc-8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gobjc-8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobjc-8

Dependencies

gobjc-8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-8 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.