How To Install golang-vet on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-vet on CentOS 7.
What is golang-vet
Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs, such as Printf calls whose arguments do not align with the format string. Vet uses heuristics that do not guarantee all reports are genuine problems, but it can find errors not caught by the compilers.
We can use yum or dnf to install golang-vet on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install golang-vet.
Install golang-vet 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-vet using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install golang-vet
Install golang-vet 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-vet using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install golang-vet
How To Uninstall golang-vet on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the golang-vet package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove golang-vet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-vet on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.