How To Install libgolang-1.8-std1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgolang-1.8-std1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libgolang-1.8-std1 is Go standard shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgolang-1.8-std1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgolang-1.8-std1

libgolang-1.8-std1 is:

This package contains the Go standard library built as a shared library. Packages should not depend on this package directly but rather the ABI-stamped value in Provides:. dpkg-shlibdeps will do this automatically.

There are three methods to install libgolang-1.8-std1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgolang-1.8-std1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgolang-1.8-std1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgolang-1.8-std1

Install libgolang-1.8-std1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgolang-1.8-std1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgolang-1.8-std1

Install libgolang-1.8-std1 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgolang-1.8-std1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgolang-1.8-std1

How To Uninstall libgolang-1.8-std1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgolang-1.8-std1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgolang-1.8-std1

Uninstall libgolang-1.8-std1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgolang-1.8-std1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgolang-1.8-std1

Remove libgolang-1.8-std1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgolang-1.8-std1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgolang-1.8-std1

Remove libgolang-1.8-std1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgolang-1.8-std1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgolang-1.8-std1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgolang-1.8-std1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.