How To Install dh-golang on Debian 10

Learn how to install dh-golang on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dh-golang is debhelper add-on for packaging software written in Go (golang)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-golang on Debian 10.

What is dh-golang

dh-golang is:

dh-golang provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘golang’, a buildsystem module named ‘golang’ and a command called dh_golang.

The golang debhelper buildsystem is designed to make packaging programs written in Go very simple.

There are three methods to install dh-golang on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dh-golang Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-golang using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-golang

Install dh-golang Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-golang using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dh-golang

Install dh-golang Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-golang using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-golang

How To Uninstall dh-golang on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dh-golang package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-golang

Uninstall dh-golang And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dh-golang and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-golang

Remove dh-golang Configurations and Data

To remove dh-golang configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-golang

Remove dh-golang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dh-golang configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-golang

Dependencies

dh-golang have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-golang package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.