How to Install and Uninstall gccgo-8 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gccgo-8" package

This is a short guide on how to install gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gccgo-8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gccgo-8" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gccgo-8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.5.0-0ubuntu4
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: 98742
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), gcc-8 (= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), libgo13 (>= 8.5.0-0ubuntu4), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.34), 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_8.5.0-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 19380950
MD5sum: 035f6e1175d27adb4ff2f130bd7075f0
SHA1: 1bd483e94e277f500102ee9d83ae50ca2d56223f
SHA256: a5dfa08c1be8069644a42f53fe35c21f4a622cfca0fe459abcaef092357a64ee
SHA512: e62a0d32faeda6a7851114df0f204200af6bd4070e4784af61d9721b790ca18909a53b4f3c147003c62a81b83dc3d58b2ecc932282f83c5e68921952c661c8ed
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