How To Install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu 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-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
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-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu 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-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu 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-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Uninstall gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-8-multilib-i686-linux-gnu
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.