How To Install gnat-7-sjlj on Debian 10

Learn how to install gnat-7-sjlj on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gnat-7-sjlj is GNU Ada compiler (setjump/longjump runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-7-sjlj on Debian 10.

What is gnat-7-sjlj

gnat-7-sjlj is:

GNAT is a compiler for the Ada programming language. It produces optimized code on platforms supported by the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).

This package provides an alternative runtime library that handles exceptions using the setjump/longjump mechanism (as a static library only). You can install it to supplement the normal compiler.

There are three methods to install gnat-7-sjlj 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 gnat-7-sjlj Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnat-7-sjlj using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnat-7-sjlj

Install gnat-7-sjlj Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnat-7-sjlj using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnat-7-sjlj

Install gnat-7-sjlj 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 gnat-7-sjlj using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnat-7-sjlj

How To Uninstall gnat-7-sjlj on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gnat-7-sjlj package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnat-7-sjlj

Uninstall gnat-7-sjlj And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnat-7-sjlj and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnat-7-sjlj

Remove gnat-7-sjlj Configurations and Data

To remove gnat-7-sjlj configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnat-7-sjlj

Remove gnat-7-sjlj configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnat-7-sjlj configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnat-7-sjlj

Dependencies

gnat-7-sjlj have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-7-sjlj package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.