How To Install gfortran-10 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-10 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gfortran-10
gfortran-10 is:
This is the GNU Fortran compiler, which compiles Fortran on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
Package: gfortran-10 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 29492 Provides: fortran95-compiler, gfortran-mod-15 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), gcc-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libgfortran-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libzstd1 (>= 1.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: gfortran-10-multilib, gfortran-10-doc, libcoarrays-dev Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/gfortran-10_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 8486356 MD5sum: 8b9a225b9932cbcaea29f48527d15ce7 SHA1: 6bd3744edfe01dbbaa9d9e7c7dd5b25135e50134 SHA256: 5c5927aa498bfa4d9862c0eca9d0cc26c7dc7917c0555072726ca3d44447bc22 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU Fortran compiler This is the GNU Fortran compiler, which compiles Fortran on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
There are three methods to install gfortran-10 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 gfortran-10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfortran-10
Install gfortran-10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfortran-10
Install gfortran-10 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 gfortran-10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfortran-10
How To Uninstall gfortran-10 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gfortran-10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfortran-10
Uninstall gfortran-10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfortran-10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfortran-10
Remove gfortran-10 Configurations and Data
To remove gfortran-10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfortran-10
Remove gfortran-10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfortran-10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfortran-10
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-10 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.