How to Install and Uninstall cpp-8 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "cpp-8" package

This guide let you learn how to install cpp-8 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-8" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cpp-8 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-8 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: cpp-8
Source: gcc-8
Version: 8.3.0-6
Installed-Size: 25571
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gccgo-8 (<< 8.3.0-6)
Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8.3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl19 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gcc-8-locales (>= 8)
Breaks: hardening-wrapper (<< 2.8+nmu3), libmagics++-dev (<< 2.28.0-4)
Description: GNU C preprocessor
Description-md5: 93a75b5e1f4b43c36eba0239b6fab6a3
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-8/cpp-8_8.3.0-6_amd64.deb
Size: 8913868
MD5sum: da96784786e04f1f0680525365f17e6a
SHA256: 64f5f6fd7559a9f431132f24aa6ec9bfd062b0473f2e403c98dbd638be65f9c0