How To Install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 on Ubuntu 18.04. g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 is GNU C++ compiler (multilib support) (cross compiler for mips64 architecture)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is `g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64`

g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 is:

This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.

This is a dependency package, depending on development packages for the non-default multilib architecture(s).

There are three methods to install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 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-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

Install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

Install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 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-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

How To Uninstall g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

Uninstall g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

Remove g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 Configurations and Data

To remove g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

Remove g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.