Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-source on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcc-10-source
gcc-10-source is:
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
Package: gcc-10-source
Architecture: all
Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: gcc-10
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 76177
Depends: make, quilt, patchutils, sharutils, gawk, lsb-release, m4, libtool, autoconf
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/gcc-10-source_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 72797088
MD5sum: 4031be3e6df4b58218005f203f88eb87
SHA1: b438c6afa994eed6b363eb7f3b3c7a7d11493c40
SHA256: 806eb43fb459174eb67eedfc698bbf634b4dff749fd5cebfe2166570da76438d
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: Source of the GNU Compiler Collection
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
There are three methods to install gcc-10-source 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 gcc-10-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10-source
Install gcc-10-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-10-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-10-source
Install gcc-10-source 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 gcc-10-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-10-source
How To Uninstall gcc-10-source on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcc-10-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-10-source
Uninstall gcc-10-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-10-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcc-10-source
Remove gcc-10-source Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-10-source configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-10-source
Remove gcc-10-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-10-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-10-source
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-10-source package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
