How to Install and Uninstall gcc Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "gcc" package

This is a short guide on how to install gcc on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gcc on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: gcc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4:12.2.0-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: gcc-defaults (1.201ubuntu1)
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 (= 4:12.2.0-1ubuntu1)
Depends: cpp (= 4:12.2.0-1ubuntu1), gcc-12 (>= 12.2.0-1~)
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_12.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 5104
MD5sum: 6595a0ca33100099d26e182637c6b461
SHA1: 0612dad5f6329c1fbe760d0929b612208314a82a
SHA256: a4d6c407e76395ca139071877ce96e5d0dede8cd8289adbd3b29d0c3c593eca8
SHA512: 3dc995acf1609bfbb66fb11a7d808d2bc99f49d3e36e0f740d61931eb5ecd17f5092815a965f17d6cc911b7ef7d7a5ada442da10b08febe15a3c6bbb5c1dd6ef
Description: GNU C compiler
Description-md5: c7efd71c7c651a9ac8b2adf36b137790
Task: ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Build-Essential: yes