How To Install gccgo on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gccgo
gccgo 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.
This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Go compiler.
There are three methods to install gccgo
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gccgo
Install gccgo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gccgo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gccgo
Install gccgo 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gccgo
How To Uninstall gccgo on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gccgo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gccgo
Uninstall gccgo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gccgo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccgo
Remove gccgo Configurations and Data
To remove gccgo
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gccgo
Remove gccgo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gccgo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccgo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gccgo
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.