Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 is:
MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and
64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and
the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).
This package contains the Ada compiler, supporting
cross-compiling to 64-bit MinGW-w64 targets.
There are three methods to install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
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 gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
Install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
Install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 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 gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
How To Uninstall gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
Uninstall gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
Remove gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 Configurations and Data
To remove gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
Remove gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.