How to Install and Uninstall gccgo-6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gccgo-6" package

Please follow the steps below to install gccgo-6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gccgo-6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gccgo-6" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gccgo-6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gccgo-6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gccgo-6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gccgo-6
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 287249
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
Provides: go-compiler
Depends: gcc-6-base (= 6.0.1-0ubuntu1), libgo9 (>= 6.0.1-0ubuntu1), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:5.0.1~), libisl15 (>= 0.15), libmpc3, libmpfr4 (>= 3.1.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gccgo-6-doc, libgo9-dbg (>= 6.0.1-0ubuntu1)
Conflicts: golang-go (<< 2:1.3.3-1ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/main/g/gccgo-6/gccgo-6_6.0.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 61718836
MD5sum: 2c0933f469c5d212da7287dd662d20e4
SHA1: 220631714ff2d1436f015d991248d4c2f1a7f9c3
SHA256: 5bef9827493e28259fc59f5be07af8b3ac168e6d8b13d9a796b455e27c9778cb
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
Supported: 9m