How to Install and Uninstall dh-golang Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "dh-golang" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dh-golang on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dh-golang" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dh-golang on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dh-golang package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dh-golang
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Stapelberg
Architecture: all
Version: 1.12ubuntu1
Depends: perl, debhelper, libdpkg-perl, dpkg (>= 1.16.2)
Filename: pool/main/d/dh-golang/dh-golang_1.12ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 8810
MD5sum: 78db2688d3647f1041fe2966d56bf03c
SHA1: 57fb392a01d12f908643e828c518307d64d2f8ad
SHA256: 1ac494a1605620bf7dab6a2fea8ef6c1bad704e060a24faebc297e8c518ab1a7
Description-en: debhelper add-on for packaging software written in Go (golang)
dh-golang provides a debhelper sequence addon named 'golang', a buildsystem
module named 'golang' and a command called dh_golang.
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The golang debhelper buildsystem is designed to make packaging programs
written in Go very simple.
Description-md5: a8ae9b6fe8ddbe51eb55134d796123a1
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y