How To Install libgo on Fedora 34

libgo is Go runtime Go runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo on Fedora 34.

What is libgo

This package contains Go shared library which is needed to run Go dynamically linked programs. libgo 11.2.1 1.fc34 x86_64 13 M gcc-11.2.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Go runtime http GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains Go shared library which is needed to run Go dynamically linked programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgo on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgo.

Install libgo on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libgo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgo

Install libgo on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libgo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgo

How To Uninstall libgo on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libgo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgo

libgo Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/14b4333321c06a834dcb39b26c714d7ea1c03f
/usr/lib/libgo.so.19
/usr/lib/libgo.so.19.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/LICENSE.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/PATENTS.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/README.libgo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/d03f4cbcb95600358f8d732a13a9b506020355
/usr/lib64/libgo.so.19
/usr/lib64/libgo.so.19.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/LICENSE.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/PATENTS.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/README.libgo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/895f5315944de4f39418d2c092811a7d132500
/usr/lib/libgo.so.19
/usr/lib/libgo.so.19.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/LICENSE.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/PATENTS.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/README.libgo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/b497a935a538f3b7a93851ecfa3c6d472fdf3e
/usr/lib64/libgo.so.19
/usr/lib64/libgo.so.19.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/LICENSE.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/PATENTS.libgo
/usr/share/doc/libgo/README.libgo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.