How To Install gfortran-12-multilib on Debian 12

Learn how to install gfortran-12-multilib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gfortran-12-multilib is GNU Fortran compiler (multilib support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-12-multilib on Debian 12.

What is gfortran-12-multilib

gfortran-12-multilib is:

This is the GNU Fortran compiler, which compiles Fortran on platforms supported by the gcc compiler.

This is a dependency package, depending on development packages for the non-default multilib architecture(s).

There are three methods to install gfortran-12-multilib on Debian 12. 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-12-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 gfortran-12-multilib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gfortran-12-multilib

Install gfortran-12-multilib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-12-multilib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gfortran-12-multilib

Install gfortran-12-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-12-multilib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gfortran-12-multilib

How To Uninstall gfortran-12-multilib on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gfortran-12-multilib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gfortran-12-multilib

Uninstall gfortran-12-multilib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gfortran-12-multilib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfortran-12-multilib

Remove gfortran-12-multilib Configurations and Data

To remove gfortran-12-multilib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gfortran-12-multilib

Remove gfortran-12-multilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gfortran-12-multilib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfortran-12-multilib

Dependencies

gfortran-12-multilib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-12-multilib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.