How to Install and Uninstall gcc-12 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gcc-12 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-12" package

This is a short guide on how to install gcc-12 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gcc-12" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gcc-12 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gcc-12 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gcc-12
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 70069
Provides: c-compiler
Depends: cpp-12 (= 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04), gcc-12-base (= 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04), libcc1-0 (>= 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04), binutils (>= 2.38), libgcc-12-dev (= 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04), libc6 (>= 2.35), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg), libisl23 (>= 0.15), libmpc3 (>= 1.1.0), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6)
Suggests: gcc-12-multilib, gcc-12-doc (>= 12), gcc-12-locales (>= 12)
Replaces: cpp-12 (<< 7.1.1-8)
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-12/gcc-12_12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04_amd64.deb
Size: 21736002
MD5sum: f9a6e5c83d4dbf10898c4a1be69e38d5
SHA1: 534ecf6c5ebf2af7df15a1cf09f819703bf795e8
SHA256: 32f933d6e442fff52a259c657095ca9331dc814275b2a1a01cec636e5e859153
SHA512: ddadb533d8bf50cac3291c675fc1512766272b7a02a26198075506fe8f02e53e6f928447fae741835a0dc2e0bad381ca2e8885c9c6d5a7597f8491c0ff59ed66
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description: GNU C compiler
Description-md5: 394374e688b1afb3af5f419895d29698

Package: gcc-12
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12-20220319-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 227372
Provides: c-compiler
Depends: cpp-12 (= 12-20220319-1ubuntu1), gcc-12-base (= 12-20220319-1ubuntu1), libcc1-0 (>= 12-20220319-1ubuntu1), binutils (>= 2.38), libgcc-12-dev (= 12-20220319-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.35), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg), libisl23 (>= 0.15), libmpc3 (>= 1.1.0), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6)
Suggests: gcc-12-multilib, gcc-12-doc (>= 12), gcc-12-locales (>= 12)
Replaces: cpp-12 (<< 7.1.1-8)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-12/gcc-12_12-20220319-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 72944402
MD5sum: 666de6e434e291689bd2edbe982d6e6e
SHA1: 390d2f04249af34d65b597cc5fde1b03d90ff989
SHA256: af499f043e3f187da7369879fa5cf00684f20d73dbac35df73ea480b78d724e1
SHA512: e596fe67747e55cd20b4037e533532785cdce2ed4bde2dfd04e890171958ec93ef54c7331466c435058383a15673fe2c18c550b7f9264715ac8023a9d767ca09
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description: GNU C compiler
Description-md5: 394374e688b1afb3af5f419895d29698