How to Install and Uninstall gcc-8 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 19,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

You can also install and uninstall the gcc-8 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-8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gcc-8 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-8" package

Learn how to uninstall gcc-8 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-8 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gcc-8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.5.0-0ubuntu4
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: 29375
Provides: c-compiler
Depends: cpp-8 (= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), gcc-8-base (= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), libcc1-0 (>= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), binutils (>= 2.37), libgcc-8-dev (= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl23 (>= 0.15), libmpc3 (>= 1.1.0), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6)
Suggests: gcc-8-multilib, gcc-8-doc (>= 8), gcc-8-locales (>= 8)
Replaces: cpp-8 (<< 7.1.1-8), gccgo-8 (<< 8.5.0-0ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-8/gcc-8_8.5.0-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 10601384
MD5sum: 6a9bb709894cd947ea6469e4c4150034
SHA1: 34112d1f7300500831bd3cf0c063a93cd5789ec9
SHA256: 6a5a3f9fe97fd2ef07ddb04b9e1133f55d1299466bd3a50c18cced186b30d731
SHA512: 12cecc1c0c9cd7d4441a1c1f35bb2dfe4bef542751a6c91190d489755d3ea900f8fc1fed1223d595647597522dc09c345be6f4bf6537694c175a129e81514eb5
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: GNU C compiler
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
Description-md5: 394374e688b1afb3af5f419895d29698