How to Install and Uninstall gccgo Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "gccgo" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gccgo on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gccgo on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gccgo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: gcc-defaults (1.193ubuntu1)
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 (>= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1), gcc (>= 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1), gccgo-11 (>= 11.2.0-1~)
Suggests: gccgo-multilib
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-defaults/gccgo_11.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 974
MD5sum: d62973b0ec815636e64e127e17fc3074
SHA1: b12882b73e3a59491f51ab5bf8438aa8a4abf6be
SHA256: 6b2161aee620fe27fc1ac28fb4e09b40cd4e976129ca9fa4aa40b372f44501bd
SHA512: 772c9a8064c749f017ca6b929a766f35e42931f2b09022764ae543b31b8b72639b7b0a5448b9e310c579dabfcd9dbacde42f8ea782cad5f5a61172446a9ea46d
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