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

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "gcc" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gcc on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gcc

2. Uninstall "gcc" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gcc on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):

$ sudo apt remove gcc $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gcc package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gcc
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: 50
Provides: c-compiler, gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu (= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1)
Depends: cpp (= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1), gcc-11 (>= 11.2.0-1~)
Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: gcc-multilib, make, manpages-dev, autoconf, automake, libtool, flex, bison, gdb, gcc-doc
Conflicts: gcc-doc (<< 1:2.95.3)
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/gcc_11.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 5112
MD5sum: 5cc3273b99ad19d1e7029c7411873c6f
SHA1: def88673d4fd2c7620fdba33e77287ec43cb8305
SHA256: be895c1a9611905254f818c41092f147f5f2a566f87f1817b5c36d977020bea7
SHA512: 4f8d51089dc511f0da886fa577299078693f0b9383a5b4f6c96f27a590741a0c4c67c0c0964d6fa89a7aac866632e8f10a95496f0696e5149ec3b469ddda74f5
Description: GNU C compiler
Description-md5: c7efd71c7c651a9ac8b2adf36b137790
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes