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

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "golang-go.tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install golang-go.tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "golang-go.tools" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall golang-go.tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: golang-go.tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-go
Architecture: amd64
Source: golang-golang-x-tools
Version: 1:0.0~git20160315.0.f42ec61-2
Depends: golang-golang-x-tools
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-golang-x-tools/golang-go.tools_0.0~git20160315.0.f42ec61-2_amd64.deb
Size: 8768
MD5sum: 1497d9df7b073bc2c12b6f39f74d3bb2
SHA1: 5d2d3ba5e44dbb65c70cd3aae9e210ba38eb0560
SHA256: 023944aea53eff975e1ce273f52a826dc3f037040ac4ab4fa9f764d5ab4f4805
Description-en: Transitional package for golang-golang-x-tools
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the golang-golang-x-tools
package. It can safely be removed.
Description-md5: 38b8458fd2e12721cd8dd7fb8d6bdb56
Homepage: http://golang.org/x/tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu