How To Install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf is:
This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
This package contains C++ cross-compiler for armhf architecture.
There are three methods to install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
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++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
How To Uninstall g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Uninstall g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data
To remove g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.