How To Install gb on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gb on Debian 9. gb is project based build tool for Go

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gb on Debian 9.

What is gb

gb is:

“gb” is a proof of concept replacement build tool for the Go programming language.

“gb” operates on the concept of a project. A gb project is a workspace for all the Go code that is required to build your project.

A gb project is a folder on disk that contains a subdirectory named src/. That’s it, no environment variables to set.

You can create as many projects as you like and move between them simply by changing directories.

There are three methods to install gb on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gb

Install gb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gb

Install gb 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 gb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gb

How To Uninstall gb on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gb

Uninstall gb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gb

Remove gb Configurations and Data

To remove gb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gb

Remove gb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gb

Dependencies

gb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gb package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.