How To Install gcc-multilib on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-multilib
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gcc-multilib
gcc-multilib is:
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
A dependency package on architectures with multilib support; the package contains dependencies for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
There are three methods to install gcc-multilib
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-multilib 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-multilib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-multilib
Install gcc-multilib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-multilib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-multilib
Install gcc-multilib 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-multilib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-multilib
How To Uninstall gcc-multilib on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gcc-multilib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-multilib
Uninstall gcc-multilib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-multilib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-multilib
Remove gcc-multilib Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-multilib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-multilib
Remove gcc-multilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-multilib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-multilib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-multilib
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.