How To Install libgfortran5 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran5 on Ubuntu 20.04. libgfortran5 is Runtime library for GNU Fortran applications Runtime library for GNU Fortran applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran5 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgfortran5

libgfortran5 is:

Library needed for GNU Fortran applications linked against the shared library. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio

Package: libgfortran5 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs 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: 2895 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.3), libquadmath0 (>= 4.6) Breaks: gcc-4.3 (« 4.3.6-1), gcc-4.4 (« 4.4.6-4), gcc-4.5 (« 4.5.3-2) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/libgfortran5_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 733556 MD5sum: 9de6029615ddba395eade8a1c7404e26 SHA1: e4cd8d2797f7227436ebd067a75cd9097b97d100 SHA256: 403923d282fe7bc6a87b0b72144cff31fc42d628784c9a7564f4d57f746d9788 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: Runtime library for GNU Fortran applications Library needed for GNU Fortran applications linked against the shared library. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio

There are three methods to install libgfortran5 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 libgfortran5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgfortran5

Install libgfortran5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgfortran5

Install libgfortran5 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 libgfortran5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgfortran5

How To Uninstall libgfortran5 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgfortran5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgfortran5

Uninstall libgfortran5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgfortran5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfortran5

Remove libgfortran5 Configurations and Data

To remove libgfortran5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgfortran5

Remove libgfortran5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgfortran5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfortran5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.