How To Install libgo-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgo-9-dev
libgo-9-dev is:
This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU Go applications.
Package: libgo-9-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: gcc-9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 99242 Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libgcc-9-dev (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libgo14 (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) Breaks: gccgo-9 (« 9-20190319-1~) Replaces: gccgo-9 (« 9-20190319-1~) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-9/libgo-9-dev_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 13165404 MD5sum: 2868a845db50a77ad3dce87a1a644c22 SHA1: b603ff9fba2d8c850731f6e58e4f27ab03109014 SHA256: 9302e78e3291abacd5babd647c2c3f97efdcf00971db57d4e0d646797df74a68 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: Runtime library for GNU Go applications (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU Go applications.
There are three methods to install libgo-9-dev 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 libgo-9-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgo-9-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgo-9-dev
Install libgo-9-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgo-9-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgo-9-dev
Install libgo-9-dev 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 libgo-9-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgo-9-dev
How To Uninstall libgo-9-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgo-9-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgo-9-dev
Uninstall libgo-9-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgo-9-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgo-9-dev
Remove libgo-9-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgo-9-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgo-9-dev
Remove libgo-9-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgo-9-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgo-9-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo-9-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.