How To Install dh-golang on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-golang on Ubuntu 18.04. dh-golang is debhelper add-on for packaging software written in Go (golang)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-golang on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is dh-golang

dh-golang is:

dh-golang provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘golang’, a buildsystem module named ‘golang’ and a command called dh_golang.

The golang debhelper buildsystem is designed to make packaging programs written in Go very simple.

There are three methods to install dh-golang 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 dh-golang Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-golang using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-golang

Install dh-golang Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-golang

Install dh-golang 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 dh-golang using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-golang

How To Uninstall dh-golang on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dh-golang

Uninstall dh-golang And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-golang

Remove dh-golang Configurations and Data

To remove dh-golang configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-golang

Remove dh-golang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dh-golang configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-golang

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Summary

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