How To Install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu on Debian 9. gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu is GNU C compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu on Debian 9.

What is gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu is:

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

This package contains C cross-compiler for mips architecture.

There are three methods to install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gcc-6-mips-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 gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

Install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

Install gcc-6-mips-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 gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

How To Uninstall gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

Uninstall gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

Remove gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu Configurations and Data

To remove gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

Remove gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu

Dependencies

gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.