How to Install and Uninstall build-essential Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "build-essential" package

Learn how to install build-essential on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                build-essential
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "build-essential" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall build-essential on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                build-essential
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the build-essential package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: build-essential
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.10ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:12.3), g++ (>= 4:12.3), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11)
Filename: pool/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4928
MD5sum: 4d68ffae811efe26d2bbb7dea480f0e7
SHA1: fb88ce706d33862bcf5602dbd5c8206ff5a6aa27
SHA256: 9b2159b95a4c01937309783c7c8a6ec8dfbcb7ffd604951c9713ac52ee9c7268
SHA512: 42b3ac4560118e11c2d88aea99d40faa7054f38d72086b4dfbc3bb222baf227d7326038e7f652e030ee30bf5cfdd570c7931fc8f19f40b7ce14a29ec340f27c2
Description: Informational list of build-essential packages
Description-md5: 90ef0ef86cafda0bd16f746eb621d9da
Task: ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi
Build-Essential: yes