How to Install and Uninstall cpp Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "cpp" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cpp on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cpp" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cpp on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cpp package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: cpp
Source: gcc-defaults (1.181)
Version: 4:8.3.0-1
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: cpp-8 (>= 8.3.0-1~)
Suggests: cpp-doc
Conflicts: cpp-doc (<< 1:2.95.3)
Description: GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
Description-md5: aa450f6a454bdd6b0d8d9862a9240255
Multi-Arch: allowed
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::dummy,
role::metapackage, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
works-with::software:source
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/cpp_8.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19392
MD5sum: f9e8bfd9a0b587a46053f036fabcdeca
SHA256: e94da3a26503099b1787d865127687941bd527d278b59a607bfa533f9b94d232