How To Install gccgo-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install gccgo-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gccgo-doc is documentation for the GNU Go compiler (gccgo)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-doc on Debian 12.

What is gccgo-doc

gccgo-doc is:

This is the dependency package that should install documentation for Debian default version of GNU Go compiler.

This documentation is available from non-free part of Debian archive.

There are three methods to install gccgo-doc on Debian 12. 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-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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gccgo-doc

Install gccgo-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gccgo-doc

Install gccgo-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gccgo-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gccgo-doc

How To Uninstall gccgo-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gccgo-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gccgo-doc

Uninstall gccgo-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gccgo-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccgo-doc

Remove gccgo-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gccgo-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gccgo-doc

Remove gccgo-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccgo-doc

Dependencies

gccgo-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.