How To Install g++-10 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-10 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is g++-10
g++-10 is:
This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
Package: g++-10 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel 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: 30367 Provides: c++-compiler, c++abi2-dev Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), gcc-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libstdc++-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libzstd1 (>= 1.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: g++-10-multilib, gcc-10-doc (>= 10) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/g++-10_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9033516 MD5sum: 47767dd6047abeb8fc4b524327fad35b SHA1: 3d6665f6f85c4af29d197c8b05090570e92032b3 SHA256: 2fc09280fa0ecc6f7f8ebfbf6f88110128fb0f0fb82309d88d5aa8c99dcee2ac Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C++ compiler This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
There are three methods to install g++-10 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 g++-10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install g++-10
Install g++-10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install g++-10
Install g++-10 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 g++-10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install g++-10
How To Uninstall g++-10 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the g++-10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove g++-10
Uninstall g++-10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall g++-10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove g++-10
Remove g++-10 Configurations and Data
To remove g++-10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge g++-10
Remove g++-10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove g++-10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-10
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-10 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.