Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgccjit-8-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgccjit-8-dev
libgccjit-8-dev is:
libgccjit provides an embeddable shared library with an API for adding
compilation to existing programs using GCC.
There are three methods to install libgccjit-8-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgccjit-8-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgccjit-8-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgccjit-8-dev
Install libgccjit-8-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgccjit-8-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgccjit-8-dev
Install libgccjit-8-dev 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 libgccjit-8-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgccjit-8-dev
How To Uninstall libgccjit-8-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgccjit-8-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgccjit-8-dev
Uninstall libgccjit-8-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgccjit-8-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgccjit-8-dev
Remove libgccjit-8-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgccjit-8-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgccjit-8-dev
Remove libgccjit-8-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgccjit-8-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgccjit-8-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgccjit-8-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
