How To Install libgnat-8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnat-8
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgnat-8
libgnat-8 is:
GNAT is a compiler for the Ada programming language. It produces optimized code on platforms supported by the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
The libgnat library provides runtime components needed by most applications produced with GNAT.
This package contains the runtime shared library.
There are three methods to install libgnat-8
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 libgnat-8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnat-8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnat-8
Install libgnat-8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnat-8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnat-8
Install libgnat-8 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 libgnat-8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnat-8
How To Uninstall libgnat-8 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgnat-8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnat-8
Uninstall libgnat-8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnat-8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnat-8
Remove libgnat-8 Configurations and Data
To remove libgnat-8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnat-8
Remove libgnat-8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnat-8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnat-8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnat-8
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.