How To Install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu is:
This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
This package contains C++ cross-compiler for powerpc architecture.
Package: g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/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: 23641 Provides: c++-compiler-powerpc-linux-gnu Depends: gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libstdc++-9-dev-powerpc-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-powerpc-linux-gnu, gcc-9-doc (>= 8) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 7770172 MD5sum: 9bfe46f17f2e8290da9e4971a8162d6e SHA1: 47904a0352870d36aed75bf7e36daa8626dd7b86 SHA256: 616a972932fc0d8e2833bebba905c91dfa57e0b62b3de32f33d56395fddb2709 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU C++ compiler (cross compiler for powerpc architecture) This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
This package contains C++ cross-compiler for powerpc architecture.
There are three methods to install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu 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-powerpc-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++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Install g++-9-powerpc-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Uninstall g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu 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-powerpc-linux-gnu
Remove g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Remove g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.