How To Install default-d-compiler on Debian 10

Learn how to install default-d-compiler on Debian 10 with this tutorial. default-d-compiler is Default D compiler (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install default-d-compiler on Debian 10.

What is default-d-compiler

default-d-compiler is:

This is a metapackage installing the default D compiler in Debian for the respective architecture.

Packages building D libraries or using them should depend on this.

There are three methods to install default-d-compiler 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 default-d-compiler Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install default-d-compiler

Install default-d-compiler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install default-d-compiler using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install default-d-compiler

Install default-d-compiler 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 default-d-compiler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install default-d-compiler

How To Uninstall default-d-compiler on Debian 10

To uninstall only the default-d-compiler package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove default-d-compiler

Uninstall default-d-compiler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove default-d-compiler

Remove default-d-compiler Configurations and Data

To remove default-d-compiler configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge default-d-compiler

Remove default-d-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove default-d-compiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge default-d-compiler

Dependencies

default-d-compiler have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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