How To Install libgo16 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo16 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgo16
libgo16 is:
Library needed for GNU Go applications linked against the shared library.
Package: libgo16 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 53240 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/libgo16_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 11007900 MD5sum: 7330bc3ac19c249257854caf1bdad43c SHA1: bc5a8b15a0937823b818825690fe6e4264dc1017 SHA256: 48d800ef40b343383d44cf28acc6e142a61d8266aae50dd0e71467c59191cb7b Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: Runtime library for GNU Go applications Library needed for GNU Go applications linked against the shared library.
There are three methods to install libgo16 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 libgo16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgo16 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgo16
Install libgo16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgo16 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgo16
Install libgo16 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 libgo16 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgo16
How To Uninstall libgo16 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgo16 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgo16
Uninstall libgo16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgo16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgo16
Remove libgo16 Configurations and Data
To remove libgo16 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgo16
Remove libgo16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgo16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgo16
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo16 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
