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

Last updated: April 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gcc 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 "gcc" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gcc" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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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