How To Install g++-8-multilib on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is g++-8-multilib
g++-8-multilib 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
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install g++-8-multilib
Install g++-8-multilib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-8-multilib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install g++-8-multilib
Install g++-8-multilib 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install g++-8-multilib
How To Uninstall g++-8-multilib on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the g++-8-multilib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove g++-8-multilib
Uninstall g++-8-multilib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall g++-8-multilib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove g++-8-multilib
Remove g++-8-multilib Configurations and Data
To remove g++-8-multilib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge g++-8-multilib
Remove g++-8-multilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove g++-8-multilib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-8-multilib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-8-multilib
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.