How To Install libgfortran4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran4
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgfortran4
libgfortran4 is:
Library needed for GNU Fortran applications linked against the shared library.
There are three methods to install libgfortran4
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 libgfortran4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgfortran4
Install libgfortran4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfortran4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgfortran4
Install libgfortran4 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 libgfortran4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgfortran4
How To Uninstall libgfortran4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgfortran4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgfortran4
Uninstall libgfortran4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgfortran4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfortran4
Remove libgfortran4 Configurations and Data
To remove libgfortran4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgfortran4
Remove libgfortran4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgfortran4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfortran4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran4
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.