How to Install and Uninstall gccgo Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gccgo" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gccgo on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gccgo
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gccgo" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gccgo on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gccgo
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gccgo package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gccgo
Source: gcc-defaults (1.181)
Version: 4:8.3.0-1
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: cpp (>= 4:8.3.0-1), gcc (>= 4:8.3.0-1), gccgo-8 (>= 8.3.0-1~)
Suggests: gccgo-multilib
Description: Go compiler, based on the GCC backend
Description-md5: 9d336d49adc1ff59921be0a9229b7c40
Tag: devel::compiler, role::program
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/gccgo_8.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1200
MD5sum: 4c3a6d112c5821a9b3dbce7f01b4b696
SHA256: 267acb11392b0731b15b0489270bd5b0fcd11ac9bb31f1ca37622051199e7f2b