How To Install gcc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc on Kali Linux.

What is gcc

gcc is:

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

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU C compiler.

There are three methods to install gcc on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc

Install gcc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcc

Install gcc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gcc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcc

How To Uninstall gcc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gcc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcc

Uninstall gcc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc

Remove gcc Configurations and Data

To remove gcc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcc

Remove gcc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc

Dependencies

gcc have the following dependencies:

• cpp

References

• gcc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.