How to Install and Uninstall libgc-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libgc-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libgc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgc-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgc-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libgc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: libgc-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.4.2-8ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: libgc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Egger
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 952
Depends: libgc1c2 (= 1:7.4.2-8ubuntu1), libc-dev
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgc/libgc-dev_7.4.2-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 224138
MD5sum: bed780ef3157fb8f15f267bfb41cec6a
SHA1: e0cd1b4fdf95d3dbacec0dba55fd81e946c94711
SHA256: 09c85137596e1831a3ba96a630ff7fac58551801da0f84cc64738e5c94e0ec31
Homepage: http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
Description: conservative garbage collector for C (development)
Description-md5: 6024ab577069982922a45069ab44dff3
Supported: 5y