How To Install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Debian 10.
What is gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu 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.
There are three methods to install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Debian 10. 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-powerpc64le-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-powerpc64le-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-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-powerpc64le-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Uninstall gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Remove gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Remove gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Dependencies
gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu have the following dependencies:
- gcc-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu-base
- gcc-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
- libgfortran-8-dev-ppc64el-cross
- libc6-dev-ppc64el-cross
- libc6
- libgmp10
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-8-powerpc64le-linux-gnu package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.