How To Install libgfortran-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libgfortran-9-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-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgfortran-9-dev

libgfortran-9-dev is:

This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU Fortran applications. Task: ubuntustudio-video

Package: libgfortran-9-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel 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: 5051 Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libgcc-9-dev (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libgfortran5 (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-9/libgfortran-9-dev_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 684228 MD5sum: 04bcf2c66dccb44154f61534c76aa547 SHA1: 30075bf23d8be9a514771e9cbc96cc111ad4463c SHA256: cb97ab5d67fcc16bea4a671bc0b0a17758ec1a59426aa9c72c92ac563ed34cb9 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. Task: ubuntustudio-video

There are three methods to install libgfortran-9-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-9-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-9-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgfortran-9-dev

Install libgfortran-9-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran-9-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgfortran-9-dev

Install libgfortran-9-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-9-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgfortran-9-dev

How To Uninstall libgfortran-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgfortran-9-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgfortran-9-dev

Uninstall libgfortran-9-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgfortran-9-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-9-dev

Remove libgfortran-9-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgfortran-9-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgfortran-9-dev

Remove libgfortran-9-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgfortran-9-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfortran-9-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran-9-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.