How To Install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu is:
This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
Package: gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-9-cross (21ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 27863 Depends: gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), gcc-9-i686-linux-gnu (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2), libgo-9-dev-i386-cross (>= 8), libc6-dev-i386-cross (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: gccgo-9-doc Conflicts: golang-go (« 2:1.3.3-1ubuntu2) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_amd64.deb Size: 7864660 MD5sum: bb3a645c6e0465983eee2ec788b39e5b SHA1: 5f92875e50ce89ff4a400a526b9b9a62fc295780 SHA256: e1cbebabc2e832657e846ba6837d746c1c6b48e6894b264c624e5bc711f58f67 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU Go compiler This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
There are three methods to install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
Install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
Install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
Uninstall gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
Remove gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-9-i686-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
