How To Install gopls on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopls on Debian 11.
What is gopls
gopls is:
gopls (pronounced: “go please”) is the official language server for the Go language.
The Language Server Protocol allows any text editor to be extended with IDE-like features.
There are three methods to install gopls on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gopls Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gopls using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gopls
Install gopls Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gopls using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gopls
Install gopls 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 gopls using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gopls
How To Uninstall gopls on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gopls package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gopls
Uninstall gopls And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gopls and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gopls
Remove gopls Configurations and Data
To remove gopls configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gopls
Remove gopls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gopls configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gopls
Dependencies
gopls have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopls package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.