How To Install gdc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gdc
gdc is:
This is a dependency package providing the default D compiler. Per policy, all packages that contain D sources must use this package in their Build-Depends line.
This compiler supports D language version 2.
There are three methods to install gdc
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 gdc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdc
Install gdc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdc
Install gdc 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 gdc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdc
How To Uninstall gdc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gdc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdc
Uninstall gdc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdc
Remove gdc Configurations and Data
To remove gdc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdc
Remove gdc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.