How To Install gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
gcc-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: gcc-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: 24971 Provides: c-compiler-arm-linux-gnueabihf Depends: cpp-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libcc1-0 (>= 8), binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf (>= 2.34), libgcc-9-dev-armhf-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: libc6-dev-armhf-cross (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6) Suggests: gcc-9-multilib-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-9-doc (>= 8), gcc-9-locales (>= 8) Conflicts: gcc-multilib Replaces: cpp-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf (« 7.1.1-8) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-9-cross/gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 7625568 MD5sum: 50a14b01b40628d3462adb8fcbd206dc SHA1: 80f56a694781f8147c1c290030a26a82179f048a SHA256: 6ef1caee7cbd741124c69deb32e6792ce97ca2b692a2250aadb5623a216566da 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 gcc-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 gcc-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 gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install gcc-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 gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install gcc-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 gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
How To Uninstall gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Uninstall gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-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 gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-arm-linux-gnueabihf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.