How To Install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix on Debian 12

Learn how to install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix is GNU Objective-C compiler for MinGW-w64, Win32/POSIX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix on Debian 12.

What is gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix is:

MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and 64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

This package contains the Objective-C compiler, supporting cross-compiling to 32-bit MinGW-w64 targets, using the POSIX threading model.

There are three methods to install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix on Debian 12. 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-mingw-w64-i686-posix 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-mingw-w64-i686-posix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

Install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

Install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix 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 gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

How To Uninstall gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

Uninstall gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

Remove gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix Configurations and Data

To remove gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

Remove gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix

Dependencies

gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-mingw-w64-i686-posix package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.