How To Install dh-golang on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-golang on Debian 10.
What is dh-golang
dh-golang is:
dh-golang provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘golang’, a buildsystem module named ‘golang’ and a command called dh_golang.
The golang debhelper buildsystem is designed to make packaging programs written in Go very simple.
There are three methods to install dh-golang 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 dh-golang Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-golang using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-golang
Install dh-golang Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-golang using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-golang
Install dh-golang 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 dh-golang using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-golang
How To Uninstall dh-golang on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dh-golang package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-golang
Uninstall dh-golang And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-golang and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-golang
Remove dh-golang Configurations and Data
To remove dh-golang configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-golang
Remove dh-golang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-golang configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-golang
Dependencies
dh-golang have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-golang package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.