How To Install gcc-8-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-8-doc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcc-8-doc
gcc-8-doc is:
Documentation for the GNU compilers in info format.
There are three methods to install gcc-8-doc
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 gcc-8-doc 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-8-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-8-doc
Install gcc-8-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-8-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-8-doc
Install gcc-8-doc 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 gcc-8-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-8-doc
How To Uninstall gcc-8-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcc-8-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-8-doc
Uninstall gcc-8-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-8-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-8-doc
Remove gcc-8-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-8-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-8-doc
Remove gcc-8-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-8-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-8-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-8-doc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.