How to Install and Uninstall build-essential Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "build-essential" package

This tutorial shows how to install build-essential on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                build-essential
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "build-essential" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall build-essential on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                build-essential
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the build-essential package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: build-essential
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.4ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:7.2), g++ (>= 4:7.2), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11)
Filename: pool/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4758
MD5sum: 4a579fdac0b67fa8acba7d458c7e2af2
SHA1: c7b26a0e9b086afdcd81bb02a4cbe12646dade91
SHA256: bb2ac7aae21544446f45e200aacb961f0dcc42c8caacdc8da37d392b222abfa0
Description: Informational list of build-essential packages
Description-md5: 90ef0ef86cafda0bd16f746eb621d9da
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y