Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu is:
This is the GNU Fortran compiler, which compiles
Fortran on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the
gcc backend to generate optimized code.
Package: gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2
Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: gcc-9-cross (21ubuntu3)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27448
Depends: gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libgfortran-9-dev-i386-cross (>= 8), libc6-dev-i386-cross (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gfortran-9-multilib-i686-linux-gnu, gfortran-9-doc, libcoarrays-dev
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb
Size: 7969876
MD5sum: e2381bdcb6e112c168b939125d8971f3
SHA1: dfc459abbc75228b5cf1e9b6b6731f15de2b71d6
SHA256: 639761ad90306fc39ab5f09b20f6865b67ac597de4d63eac20b8c1a6428aed88
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: GNU Fortran compiler
This is the GNU Fortran compiler, which compiles
Fortran on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the
gcc backend to generate optimized code.
There are three methods to install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu 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 gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
Install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
Install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu 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 gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
Uninstall gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfortran-9-i686-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
