How To Install gopls on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopls
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gopls
Remove gopls Configurations and Data
To remove gopls
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopls
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.