How to Install gfortran-5-multilib software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gfortran-5-multilib software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gfortran-5-multilib software package provides GNU Fortran compiler (multilib support), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gfortran-5-multilib 

gfortran-5-multilib is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gfortran-5-multilib package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gfortran-5-multilib *

You will get with gfortran-5-multilib package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gfortran-5-multilib package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package gfortran-5-multilib
Version 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4 [amd64,
Description GNU Fortran compiler (multilib support)
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gfortran-5-multilib software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?