How to Install and Uninstall golint Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 06,2024

1. Install "golint" package

Learn how to install golint on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall golint on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the golint package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: golint
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0+git20200130.910be7a-1build2
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.4-1ubuntu1), golang-golang-x-tools (= 1:0.0~git20200410.79a7a31+ds-3)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3672
Filename: pool/universe/g/golint/golint_0.0+git20200130.910be7a-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 1222796
MD5sum: a220a86f69859244eba959bc17f06b19
SHA1: 7e1797d54cb5776babd3451171d64088e2f7d050
SHA256: 17e733dfc0cdff7884fc551a96a475f6b2904d86371c354d92604d65dc60af04
SHA512: c60518c736dd1af17af97d16de3b89caec283cb5ac0bc87994d47b414ff5d558bdbf22def2feb63f6bf54b3bbce41e1a333b14977c2f7b1295aff96ba1b5187d
Homepage: https://github.com/golang/lint
Description-en: Linter for Go source code
Golint differs from gofmt. Gofmt reformats Go source code, whereas golint
prints out style mistakes.
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Golint differs from govet. Govet is concerned with correctness, whereas golint
is concerned with coding style. Golint is in use at Google, and it seeks to
match the accepted style of the open source Go project.
Description-md5: d09b18cf80d4e2b7164efbc144ed3a21