How To Install gobjc-multilib on Debian 10

Learn how to install gobjc-multilib on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gobjc-multilib is GNU Objective-C compiler (multilib files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobjc-multilib on Debian 10.

What is gobjc-multilib

gobjc-multilib is:

This is the GNU Objective-C compiler, which compiles Objective-C on platforms supported by the gcc compiler.

A dependency package on architectures with multilib support; the package contains dependencies for the non-default multilib architecture(s).

There are three methods to install gobjc-multilib 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 gobjc-multilib 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-multilib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gobjc-multilib

Install gobjc-multilib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gobjc-multilib

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

sudo aptitude -y install gobjc-multilib

How To Uninstall gobjc-multilib on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove gobjc-multilib

Uninstall gobjc-multilib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobjc-multilib

Remove gobjc-multilib Configurations and Data

To remove gobjc-multilib configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gobjc-multilib

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

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

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

Dependencies

gobjc-multilib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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