How to Install and Uninstall gccgo Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gccgo" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gccgo on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gccgo on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gccgo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4:10.2.0-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: gcc-defaults (1.189ubuntu1)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: cpp (>= 4:10.2.0-1ubuntu1), gcc (>= 4:10.2.0-1ubuntu1), gccgo-10 (>= 10.2.0-8~)
Suggests: gccgo-multilib
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-defaults/gccgo_10.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1164
MD5sum: b0f3b274c865f7d1acd7dc751ad46101
SHA1: c1640b3db1984a66b49868ab0d304993b258b8d6
SHA256: 3ad6b08fd2f5846020919987f358c6b8c31796d17e85cb6c6bd4927905eebca3
SHA512: 4f5554b04f2757af93b432d6145a141792e9284e31b4c79da43afbd60bd101fb9ae820fe0bcd82b4f97f6625a162c8b63ebbdf44f0306e8e2c4653f7a55a8e3a
Description-en: Go compiler, based on the GCC backend
This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by
the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
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This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Go compiler.
Description-md5: 9d336d49adc1ff59921be0a9229b7c40