How to Install and Uninstall gccgo Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gccgo" package

This tutorial shows how to install gccgo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall gccgo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gccgo
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-defaults (1.150ubuntu1)
Version: 4:6-20160210-1ubuntu1
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: cpp (>= 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1), gcc (>= 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1), gccgo-6 (>= 6)
Suggests: gccgo-multilib
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/gccgo_6-20160210-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1068
MD5sum: 8bb7aa6aa73b4933e37d4b9e3ece56fa
SHA1: cd60728e68aec03aeb7110e60ed0f9d4e8e2c56e
SHA256: 7dd4daac075416bc10d7ae4d2bc44924b0dc8518cec5dc4f716a78badd9f590e
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m