Remove gcc from Ubuntu

Question

I want to completely remove gcc from Ubuntu. I am using gcc 4.9 which happens to be the latest version.

How can I remove it completely from my system?

Solution 1

There is one thing (thank you @kos):

I definitely wouldn't remove gcc in general, but if I had to I wouldn't do it this way: this will remove also build-essential and hence make; for one, if you have the nVidia > drivers installed it will remove those as well, since they depend on make, plus who knows what other stuff.

With other words, know what you do. ;-)

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If you only need a reinstall, use

sudo apt-get install --reinstall gcc-4.9

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If you really, really need to remove gcc-4.9, use this short and dangerous command:

sudo apt-get purge gcc-4.9

Solution 2

use below command , --purge remove option is equivalent to purge

sudo apt-get --purge remove gcc-4.9

according apt-get manual:

--purge
   Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An
   asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
   scheduled to be purged.  remove --purge is equivalent to the purge
   command. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Purge.

Comments

[Admin]

Can I ask you why ? You will need it eventually

[Admin]

Probably trying to get nvidia drivers to work

[Noober]

I just wanted to remove it and install it all over again. If I install it again will it be a problem still?

[A.B.]

yes. Use sudo apt-get install --reinstall gcc-4.9 instead

[A.B.]

equivalents are always good =)

[Gabriel Fair]

What makes it dangerous?