How To Install gobjc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04. gobjc-9 is GNU Objective-C compiler GNU Objective-C compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gobjc-9

gobjc-9 is:

This is the GNU Objective-C compiler, which compiles Objective-C on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.

Package: gobjc-9 Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 25305 Provides: objc-compiler Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libobjc-9-dev (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) Suggests: gobjc-9-multilib, gcc-9-doc (>= 8) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9/gobjc-9_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 7249812 MD5sum: 732e8716209d05ac018a914c6e18cfc7 SHA1: 93c4a5f194f3ab8ae5815735aa2cd361321f8009 SHA256: 94f8555d418d627c59055e78bd6dfd059862ab9021165c63d4bd1bc9c090f241 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU Objective-C compiler This is the GNU Objective-C compiler, which compiles Objective-C on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.

There are three methods to install gobjc-9 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 gobjc-9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gobjc-9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gobjc-9

Install gobjc-9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gobjc-9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gobjc-9

Install gobjc-9 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 gobjc-9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gobjc-9

How To Uninstall gobjc-9 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gobjc-9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gobjc-9

Uninstall gobjc-9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gobjc-9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobjc-9

Remove gobjc-9 Configurations and Data

To remove gobjc-9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gobjc-9

Remove gobjc-9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gobjc-9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobjc-9

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-9 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.