How To Install libgfortran-10-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran-10-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libgfortran-10-dev is Runtime library for GNU Fortran applications (development files) Runtime library for GNU Fortran applications (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran-10-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgfortran-10-dev

libgfortran-10-dev is:

This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU Fortran applications.

Package: libgfortran-10-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5234 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libgcc-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libgfortran5 (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/libgfortran-10-dev_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 776744 MD5sum: fd661e009903ce2bd34b1731eb3d2bd3 SHA1: 99257e71e5283c13728c95d6ad0e9ca156048da1 SHA256: 66b65851b59ec605383dd12598514c56498b0feb944255b64f15683306b1b9f5 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: Runtime library for GNU Fortran applications (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU Fortran applications.

There are three methods to install libgfortran-10-dev 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 libgfortran-10-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran-10-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgfortran-10-dev

Install libgfortran-10-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran-10-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgfortran-10-dev

Install libgfortran-10-dev 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 libgfortran-10-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgfortran-10-dev

How To Uninstall libgfortran-10-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgfortran-10-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgfortran-10-dev

Uninstall libgfortran-10-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgfortran-10-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfortran-10-dev

Remove libgfortran-10-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgfortran-10-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgfortran-10-dev

Remove libgfortran-10-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgfortran-10-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfortran-10-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran-10-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.