How To Install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu on Debian 10.
What is g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu 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-powerpc64-linux-gnu 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 g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu 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-powerpc64-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
Install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
Install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu 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 g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu on Debian 10
To uninstall only the g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
Uninstall g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
Remove g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
Remove g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
Dependencies
g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu have the following dependencies:
- gcc-8-powerpc64-linux-gnu-base
- g++-8-powerpc64-linux-gnu
- gcc-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu
- lib32stdc++-8-dev-ppc64-cross
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib-powerpc64-linux-gnu package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.