How To Install gccgo-6-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-6-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gccgo-6-doc
gccgo-6-doc is:
Documentation for the GNU Go compiler in info format.
There are three methods to install gccgo-6-doc 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-6-doc 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-6-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gccgo-6-doc
Install gccgo-6-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-6-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gccgo-6-doc
Install gccgo-6-doc 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-6-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gccgo-6-doc
How To Uninstall gccgo-6-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gccgo-6-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gccgo-6-doc
Uninstall gccgo-6-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gccgo-6-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccgo-6-doc
Remove gccgo-6-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gccgo-6-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gccgo-6-doc
Remove gccgo-6-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gccgo-6-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccgo-6-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-6-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
