How To Install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04. g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf is GNU C++ compiler (cross compiler for armhf architecture) GNU C++ compiler (cross compiler for armhf architecture)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

g++-9-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.

Package: g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: devel Source: gcc-9-cross (21ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 23102 Provides: c++-compiler-arm-linux-gnueabihf Depends: gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libstdc++-9-dev-armhf-cross (>= 8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: g++-9-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-9-doc (>= 8) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-9-cross/g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 7840888 MD5sum: a7b518ee4c8d624a1475519e2df6df8c SHA1: 2d5ea7cc519fe1c275d97e992ec1ee0e8d411c54 SHA256: 8326726a1227170289702b38778bbbebe3d53c4e5e24957bf996422a7ab07234 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C++ compiler (cross compiler for armhf architecture) 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++-9-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++-9-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++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Install g++-9-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++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Install g++-9-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++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

How To Uninstall g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Uninstall g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall g++-9-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++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Remove g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data

To remove g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Remove g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.