How to Install and Uninstall gccgo-4.8 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gccgo-4.8" package

Please follow the steps below to install gccgo-4.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gccgo-4.8" package

Learn how to uninstall gccgo-4.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gccgo-4.8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gccgo-4.8 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gccgo-4.8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 36154
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-4.8
Version: 4.8.5-4ubuntu2
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), gcc-4.8 (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libgo4 (>= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcloog-isl4 (>= 0.17), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl15 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr4 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gccgo-4.8-doc, libgo4-dbg (>= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-4.8/gccgo-4.8_4.8.5-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 7281698
MD5sum: b06bed01f1b13edce0828095dadaec8f
SHA1: 3ab534c124c3b35cfffde8473036110aeeb47810
SHA256: d522d2ddba9639065e138250f63f02f2e1aa2fc5a822fcc70197235041367c08
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
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu