How to Install and Uninstall g++ Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the g++ on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "g++" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install g++ on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "g++" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall g++ on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                g++
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the g++ package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: g++
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: gcc-defaults (1.193ubuntu1)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16
Provides: c++-compiler, g++-x86-64-linux-gnu (= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1)
Depends: cpp (= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1), gcc (= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1), g++-11 (>= 11.2.0-1~), gcc-11 (>= 11.2.0-1~)
Suggests: g++-multilib
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/g++_11.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1412
MD5sum: 127337edec010d07a97edc6e40d99fee
SHA1: 882f7a2a389a829715aad77774b752fa4feb92c1
SHA256: 693080e6d1648f521183c1fa5fcfdd2d357a87f5872511ec12792d9dfe1effdb
SHA512: a5153251990f554fd7891fe974ea602cf00f0a800542bedc2db1386122112d009d0d2b664103fdc7ce90651b9450b423bd7de82ee2ffd1c6b20864276c19e85a
Description: GNU C++ compiler
Description-md5: 4d44b18774ae5123b7c3f70d940cf655
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes