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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "golang-golang-x-tools-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install golang-golang-x-tools-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "golang-golang-x-tools-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall golang-golang-x-tools-dev 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 golang-golang-x-tools-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: golang-golang-x-tools-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 6846
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-go
Architecture: all
Source: golang-golang-x-tools
Version: 1:0.0~git20160315.0.f42ec61-2
Replaces: golang-go.tools-dev (<< 1:0.0~git20150716.0.87156cb~)
Provides: golang-go.tools-dev
Depends: libjs-jquery, libjs-jquery-ui
Breaks: golang-go.tools-dev (<< 1:0.0~git20150716.0.87156cb~)
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-golang-x-tools/golang-golang-x-tools-dev_0.0~git20160315.0.f42ec61-2_all.deb
Size: 1340452
MD5sum: 9233c45594aec7f404845c6a15f7e386
SHA1: b536ed16d04b4da47bb67303bfb2b84930b9348b
SHA256: fd6e2656a076d266c92acc8ef892642a376741fad410526e59591710c380dd12
Description-en: supplementary Go tools (development files)
This subrepository holds the source for various packages and tools that
support the Go programming language.
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Some of the tools, godoc and vet for example, used to be included in the
golang-go package. Others, including the Go oracle and the test coverage tool,
can be fetched with "go get".
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Packages include a type-checker for Go and an implementation of the Static
Single Assignment form (SSA) representation for Go programs.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: 848b14f59fde001d69fac7c7123ed46c
Homepage: http://golang.org/x/tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu