How To Install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf is:
This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
There are three methods to install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
How To Uninstall gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Uninstall gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data
To remove gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
