How to Install and Uninstall gccgo-8 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "gccgo-8" package

Please follow the steps below to install gccgo-8 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-8" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gccgo-8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gccgo-8 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gccgo-8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.4.0-4ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: gcc-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 100082
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), gcc-8 (= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libgo13 (>= 8.4.0-4ubuntu1), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl22 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gccgo-8-doc
Conflicts: golang-go (<< 2:1.3.3-1ubuntu2)
Breaks: libgo12 (<< 8-20171209-2)
Replaces: libgo12 (<< 8-20171209-2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-8/gccgo-8_8.4.0-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 17496348
MD5sum: 8c90bbf4e283bda620a5d1fffd793d12
SHA1: d09519e12ec222f0b0f64dced948bd2ee759414c
SHA256: 2f4fac651557bbab540b652e1be39693c7fba3cedc37c3f3be400937b8afe5df
SHA512: faac8c89e6cc7101b91b7b4f1c0f84bce21c41bcc53b90adf10ab11b7063821bc5a04e9793c17f6cc480a5fffeca74574607b3ef69e7bdae4bda37b38d20ee85
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: GNU Go compiler
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.
Description-md5: 58c2a4ce4d3fe6815f7a6ee86b4db16d