How to Install and Uninstall gccgo Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: October 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gccgo on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "gccgo" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gccgo on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall gccgo on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gccgo
Source: gcc-defaults (1.203)
Version: 4:12.2.0-3
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: cpp (>= 4:12.2.0-3), gcc (>= 4:12.2.0-3), gccgo-12 (>= 12.2.0-1~)
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_12.2.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1200
MD5sum: a1e2c4d7ee6ddefddb81df792a5f4823
SHA256: 5f0cac6a3490dad7ee19e7ae6b412bfccc058405aaabbebb36dc8d20e6b3491b