How To Install golang-go.tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-go.tools
on Debian 10.
What is golang-go.tools
golang-go.tools is:
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the golang-golang-x-tools package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install golang-go.tools
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 golang-go.tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install golang-go.tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install golang-go.tools
Install golang-go.tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install golang-go.tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install golang-go.tools
Install golang-go.tools 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 golang-go.tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install golang-go.tools
How To Uninstall golang-go.tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the golang-go.tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove golang-go.tools
Uninstall golang-go.tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall golang-go.tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove golang-go.tools
Remove golang-go.tools Configurations and Data
To remove golang-go.tools
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge golang-go.tools
Remove golang-go.tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove golang-go.tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golang-go.tools
Dependencies
golang-go.tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-go.tools
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.