How to Install and Uninstall gccgo-8 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 27,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

You can also install and uninstall the gccgo-8 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "gccgo-8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gccgo-8 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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