How to Install and Uninstall libgcc-8-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "libgcc-8-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libgcc-8-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgcc-8-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgcc-8-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libgcc-8-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgcc-8-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgcc-8-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libgcc-8-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.4.0-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: gcc-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13369
Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libgcc-s1 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libgomp1 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libitm1 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libatomic1 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libasan5 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), liblsan0 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libtsan0 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libubsan1 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libmpx2 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libquadmath0 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1)
Recommends: libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6)
Replaces: gccgo-8 (<< 8.4.0-4ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-8/libgcc-8-dev_8.4.0-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2312204
MD5sum: 9110713fab85793cc7c2133fb11ce3e9
SHA1: 685a36a200ab6026d81ffd2a1aedc7f342d05b76
SHA256: 2dfafd18df945d59680a36625258117fcf16066950e3c48c97449ebd6e13a80c
SHA512: b5426471bc65ebc7eafa3ac449cbb30a99c14571c3ddd543a675b85a3840a5eec76e91adb124250cbfcbac05e3a7d5e2d339a965237501ccac12be0d809bb620
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: GCC support library (development files)
This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for
building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
Description-md5: 4ab7cb439b47e1d0796fbaf8447229ac