How to Install and Uninstall build-essential Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "build-essential" package

Please follow the instructions below to install build-essential on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall build-essential on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: build-essential
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.9ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:10.2), g++ (>= 4:10.2), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11)
Filename: pool/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.9ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 4678
MD5sum: d849d60a05828274bf6bfe2eed1b2702
SHA1: 8ca476ee16fb00253695c175a9449e3e015cb739
SHA256: d5b5708c20d17ca3fcd4e2ae3bfede1f6892bca7293fdc017d3afa88092f30b9
SHA512: 62fbaa044ee23192b74fc8a28bbc493cf81d778d1e9cdc333a5c8ed0f0ec101d08fd5b66d3aa3f8e92505017dc9a3f751347604d925e614cf1bf5b7eef882c48
Description-en: Informational list of build-essential packages
If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't need this
package. Starting with dpkg (>= 1.14.18) this package is required
for building Debian packages.
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This package contains an informational list of packages which are
considered essential for building Debian packages. This package also
depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to have the
build-essential packages installed.
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If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to build the
package. Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
package depends on.
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This package is NOT the definition of what packages are
build-essential; the real definition is in the Debian Policy Manual.
This package contains merely an informational list, which is all
most people need. However, if this package and the manual disagree,
the manual is correct.
Description-md5: 90ef0ef86cafda0bd16f746eb621d9da
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes