How To Install gccgo-10-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-10-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gccgo-10-multilib
gccgo-10-multilib is:
This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler.
This is a dependency package, depending on development packages for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
Package: gccgo-10-multilib Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel 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: 9 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), gccgo-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), gcc-10-multilib (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), lib32go-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libx32go-10-dev (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/gccgo-10-multilib_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1204 MD5sum: fbb58e142775e12bf7b2debdea4fa89b SHA1: e3d6ed8863abd17d3bdc95f6b03594d30acafb41 SHA256: 105d6a29610a24144b7b8c8f0db82ecdb4bd5e7c0e151eb2259eef36344a01c1 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GNU Go compiler (multilib support) This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler.
This is a dependency package, depending on development packages for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
There are three methods to install gccgo-10-multilib 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 gccgo-10-multilib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-10-multilib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gccgo-10-multilib
Install gccgo-10-multilib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-10-multilib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gccgo-10-multilib
Install gccgo-10-multilib 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 gccgo-10-multilib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gccgo-10-multilib
How To Uninstall gccgo-10-multilib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gccgo-10-multilib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gccgo-10-multilib
Uninstall gccgo-10-multilib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gccgo-10-multilib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccgo-10-multilib
Remove gccgo-10-multilib Configurations and Data
To remove gccgo-10-multilib configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gccgo-10-multilib
Remove gccgo-10-multilib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gccgo-10-multilib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccgo-10-multilib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-10-multilib package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.