How to Install gdc-4.8 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install gdc-4.8 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

gdc-4.8 software package provides GNU D compiler (version 2), based on the GCC backend, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gdc-4.8 

gdc-4.8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gdc-4.8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gdc-4.8 *

You will get with gdc-4.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gdc-4.8 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package gdc-4.8
Version 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3 [amd64,
Description GNU D compiler (version 2), based on the GCC backend
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gdc-4.8 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?