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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gcc-snapshot" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gcc-snapshot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gcc-snapshot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: gcc-snapshot
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 835627
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20160415-0ubuntu1
Provides: c++-compiler, c++abi2-dev
Depends: binutils (>= 2.26), libc6-dev-i386 (>= 2.11), libc6-dev-x32 (>= 2.11), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.23), libc6-i386 (>= 2.23), libc6-x32 (>= 2.23), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libisl15 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr4 (>= 3.1.3), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsm6, libxrandr2 (>= 4.3), libxrender1, libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libecj-java (>= 3.5.1), python
Suggests: binutils-gold (>= 2.26)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-snapshot/gcc-snapshot_20160415-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 175392052
MD5sum: 0c74f92adb012293e636639315193943
SHA1: 53e06fb628b0880554b6c71a5def98ef894b32f1
SHA256: 231eae3f2b20f2260148c05db94f98d57b59ba94b7b565c3080d44514f3dd581
Description-en: SNAPSHOT of the GNU Compiler Collection
This package contains a recent development SNAPSHOT of all files
contained in the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
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The source code for this package has been exported from SVN trunk.
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DO NOT USE THIS SNAPSHOT FOR BUILDING DEBIAN PACKAGES!
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This package will NEVER hit the testing distribution. It is used for
tracking gcc bugs submitted to the Debian BTS in recent development
versions of gcc.
Description-md5: 04205e24a49d2983b9b94e973a23f42a
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu