How to Install and Uninstall gotail Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gotail 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 "gotail" package

This tutorial shows how to install gotail on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gotail on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gotail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gotail package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gotail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.0+git20180327.c434825-4
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.4-1ubuntu2), golang-fsnotify (= 1.4.9-2), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20210124.22da62e-1), golang-gopkg-tomb.v1 (= 0.0~git20141024.0.dd63297-7)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: golang-github-influxdata-tail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1738
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5)
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-github-influxdata-tail/gotail_1.0.0+git20180327.c434825-4_amd64.deb
Size: 586560
MD5sum: 1592b1950ee9820122827a81ac6fbcfd
SHA1: a8bd85c23335f023dc3d4c2deefd62bc9a1b4295
SHA256: 7b3a58e7ce5872a43316ebd732fe40ff341b1958eff71b92c3479bbf17f54693
SHA512: 1c962095bda90f7bdd42615ede198f1b1583937530a35b196a438ed2c73ed93a12619055b7716742099d4fac091fc5895d48df3bc95460e925a3b2d03ad92254
Homepage: https://github.com/influxdata/tail
Description: Go implementation of tail
Description-md5: 1bc55c46e49b715536d84ac94de0546e