How To Install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8. go-srpm-macros is RPM macros for building Golang packages for various architectures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8.

What is go-srpm-macros

The package provides macros for building projects in Go on various architectures.

We can use yum or dnf to install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install go-srpm-macros.

Install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install go-srpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install go-srpm-macros

Install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install go-srpm-macros using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install go-srpm-macros

How To Uninstall go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the go-srpm-macros package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove go-srpm-macros

go-srpm-macros Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.go-srpm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-srpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.