How to Install and Uninstall gccgo-8 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gccgo-8" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gccgo-8

2. Uninstall "gccgo-8" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove gccgo-8 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gccgo-8 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gccgo-8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.4.0-7ubuntu3
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: 98648
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8.4.0-7ubuntu3), gcc-8 (= 8.4.0-7ubuntu3), libgo13 (>= 8.4.0-7ubuntu3), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.33), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl23 (>= 0.15), libmpc3 (>= 1.1.0), 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_8.4.0-7ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 17408812
MD5sum: 7db64e97ffa9a5ec3ea3a1f3c2cba4f2
SHA1: dbfd133c4ac3a28bd4f69a71f5d277063498369f
SHA256: 8925452512cfc656adcf531adeaee7522c37b31043efa625762b29856fee9c48
SHA512: 0a6ddc1a5733e46dae34a0e093760450230fbe31cbe4530a25fcc66c50f6bf7cf67118412223d1a5f15e1ddab3aa5073d959daa2e1e673c5b7a583b9a67af047
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