How To Install gfortran-7-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-7-multilib
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gfortran-7-multilib
gfortran-7-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-7-multilib
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-7-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-7-multilib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfortran-7-multilib
Install gfortran-7-multilib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-7-multilib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfortran-7-multilib
Install gfortran-7-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 gfortran-7-multilib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfortran-7-multilib
How To Uninstall gfortran-7-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gfortran-7-multilib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfortran-7-multilib
Uninstall gfortran-7-multilib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfortran-7-multilib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfortran-7-multilib
Remove gfortran-7-multilib Configurations and Data
To remove gfortran-7-multilib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfortran-7-multilib
Remove gfortran-7-multilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfortran-7-multilib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfortran-7-multilib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-7-multilib
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.