How To Install gox on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gox on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gox
gox is:
Gox is a cross compiling build tool for Go which makes it possible to produce binaries for foreign platforms without having to install Go on the targeted system. Several operating systems and architectures are supported, while parallel building on multiple cores is possible.
There are three methods to install gox on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gox
Install gox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gox
Install gox 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 gox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gox
How To Uninstall gox on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gox
Uninstall gox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gox
Remove gox Configurations and Data
To remove gox configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gox
Remove gox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gox
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gox package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
