How To Install golang-gotype on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-gotype on CentOS 7. golang-gotype is Go programming language source code analysis tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-gotype on CentOS 7.

What is golang-gotype

The gotype command does syntactic and semantic analysis of Go files and packages like the front-end of a Go compiler. Errors are reported if the analysis fails; otherwise gotype is quiet.

We can use yum or dnf to install golang-gotype on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install golang-gotype.

Install golang-gotype on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install golang-gotype using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install golang-gotype

Install golang-gotype on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install golang-gotype using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install golang-gotype

How To Uninstall golang-gotype on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the golang-gotype package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove golang-gotype

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-gotype on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.