How to Install and Uninstall gcc-8-source Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gcc-8-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gcc-8-source on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gcc-8-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gcc-8-source" package

Learn how to uninstall gcc-8-source on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gcc-8-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gcc-8-source package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gcc-8-source
Architecture: all
Version: 8.4.0-7ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: gcc-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 70858
Depends: make, quilt, patchutils, sharutils, gawk, lsb-release, m4, libtool, autoconf2.64
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-8/gcc-8-source_8.4.0-7ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 68144732
MD5sum: 7562055aa1fe5eda439d83240e6f8a32
SHA1: e6763c84ff0572c1782eb00acd730d22eb943952
SHA256: 37d81ecb7eb7d1421a6cb3227c9c7416d87ad3de85eec2a062d8a26db667297a
SHA512: c8c51018b12ba80fb321fc020268d5321d153cec82d16739cad3cfe7020c4f14c8aeea5eb911bce81cf88e9d31f43ced35c3fb1774b74e53ce4bd9463ba98e84
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: Source of the GNU Compiler Collection
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
Description-md5: cb00049993a8c14b73bb041c050eb8c5