Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu is:
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
This package contains C cross-compiler for powerpc architecture.
Package: gcc-9-powerpc-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: 25309
Provides: c-compiler-powerpc-linux-gnu
Depends: cpp-9-powerpc-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libcc1-0 (>= 8), binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu (>= 2.34), libgcc-9-dev-powerpc-cross (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libc6-dev-powerpc-cross (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6)
Suggests: gcc-9-multilib-powerpc-linux-gnu, gcc-9-doc (>= 8), gcc-9-locales (>= 8)
Conflicts: gcc-multilib
Replaces: cpp-9-powerpc-linux-gnu (« 7.1.1-8)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb
Size: 7553340
MD5sum: 3c18d2d323c421e3c4846cb9f062ba89
SHA1: 5347771cb922d143d7420eb88b2ce90e0e48f577
SHA256: 332cf1078aeb09ca1fea46515d9f310e35b11662e29921445c7c6021b6095509
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: GNU C compiler (cross compiler for powerpc architecture)
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
This package contains C cross-compiler for powerpc architecture.
There are three methods to install gcc-9-powerpc-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 gcc-9-powerpc-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 gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Install gcc-9-powerpc-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 gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Uninstall gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcc-9-powerpc-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 gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Remove gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
Remove gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
