How to Install and Uninstall g++-4.8-multilib Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "g++-4.8-multilib" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install g++-4.8-multilib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                g++-4.8-multilib
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "g++-4.8-multilib" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall g++-4.8-multilib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                g++-4.8-multilib
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the g++-4.8-multilib package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: g++-4.8-multilib
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-4.8
Version: 4.8.5-4ubuntu2
Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), g++-4.8 (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), gcc-4.8-multilib (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), lib32stdc++-4.8-dev (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libx32stdc++-4.8-dev (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2)
Suggests: lib32stdc++6-4.8-dbg (>= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libx32stdc++6-4.8-dbg (>= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-4.8/g++-4.8-multilib_4.8.5-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 982
MD5sum: 15544d70fdc0d4c65f2527a1270645ff
SHA1: 9ac897bd00923a376f31d221db204067bbd48063
SHA256: 2e4e999e56da027c11b1d7f2a6efa04e931380d71a240a44d53b759aff92dac3
Description-en: GNU C++ compiler (multilib support)
This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
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This is a dependency package, depending on development packages
for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
Description-md5: 291f2f15035d2eb62358c5157bbae10c
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu