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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gcc-multilib" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gcc-multilib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gcc-multilib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: gcc-multilib
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-defaults (1.150ubuntu1)
Version: 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1
Depends: cpp (>= 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1), gcc (>= 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1), gcc-5-multilib (>= 5.3.1-3~), linux-libc-dev (>= 3.0.0-2)
Conflicts: gcc-4.9-aarch64-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-alpha-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabi, gcc-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-4.9-hppa-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-m68k-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-mips-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gcc-4.9-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gcc-4.9-mipsel-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-powerpc-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, gcc-4.9-powerpc64-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-s390x-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-sh4-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-sparc-linux-gnu, gcc-4.9-sparc64-linux-gnu, gcc-5-aarch64-linux-gnu, gcc-5-alpha-linux-gnu, gcc-5-arm-linux-gnueabi, gcc-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-5-hppa-linux-gnu, gcc-5-m68k-linux-gnu, gcc-5-mips-linux-gnu, gcc-5-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gcc-5-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gcc-5-mipsel-linux-gnu, gcc-5-powerpc-linux-gnu, gcc-5-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, gcc-5-powerpc64-linux-gnu, gcc-5-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, gcc-5-s390x-linux-gnu, gcc-5-sh4-linux-gnu, gcc-5-sparc-linux-gnu, gcc-5-sparc64-linux-gnu, gcc-6-aarch64-linux-gnu, gcc-6-alpha-linux-gnu, gcc-6-arm-linux-gnueabi, gcc-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-6-hppa-linux-gnu, gcc-6-m68k-linux-gnu, gcc-6-mips-linux-gnu, gcc-6-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gcc-6-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gcc-6-mipsel-linux-gnu, gcc-6-powerpc-linux-gnu, gcc-6-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, gcc-6-powerpc64-linux-gnu, gcc-6-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, gcc-6-s390x-linux-gnu, gcc-6-sh4-linux-gnu, gcc-6-sparc-linux-gnu, gcc-6-sparc64-linux-gnu
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/gcc-multilib_5.3.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1212
MD5sum: 1d950dae7a701cdbfb20cddc3e65f2ac
SHA1: d6971c8a0ac4306f84f1c6264f05677da70ca108
SHA256: cc4e301f8385292e1b29821664aab579c83917223ea5f1e104dd00e33aaa438b
Description-en: GNU C compiler (multilib files)
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
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A dependency package on architectures with multilib support; the package
contains dependencies for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
Description-md5: 2d7198d97e45eb764af5065748ccb88f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y