How To Install libgo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo on CentOS 7. libgo is Go runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgo on CentOS 7.

What is libgo

This package contains Go shared library which is needed to run Go dynamically linked programs. This package contains Go shared library which is needed to run Go dynamically linked programs.

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

Install libgo on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libgo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgo

Install libgo 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 libgo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgo

How To Uninstall libgo on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libgo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgo

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Summary

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