Install Build Essentials In Ubuntu

Install Build Essentials In Ubuntu

Sometime you might come across the requirements to install build essentials while installing packages from source. build-essential package is a meta package that is required to build a software. They contain the GNU/g++ compiler collection, GNU debugger. When we install build-essential,  Packages like GCC, make, G++, dpkg-dev, etc., are also installed on our system.

Build Essentials Are:

• gcc: the GNU C compiler
• g++: the GNU C++ compiler.
• libc6-dev: provides the development libraries and header files for the GNU C Library.
• make: Uses the instruction from the makefile to make software.
• dpkg-dev: Create, distribute, and maintain .deb packages

How To Install Build Essentials In Ubuntu

Run the following command to install any pending updates for your existing packages:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Run the following command in your terminal to install the build-essential package. It is an easy process.

sudo apt install build-essential 

After executing the above command, Run the following command to verify the installation. You can check the installed version of GCC :

gcc --version

Optional:

You can also install the manual pages. It can help you while executing the build-essential package installation. This is not the compulsory process. You can skip it.

sudo apt install manpages-dev

How To Uninstall Build Essentials In Ubuntu

Run the following  command to remove or uninstall build essentials from Ubuntu based operating system.

sudo apt purge --auto-remove build-essential