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

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

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


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

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


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

Package: golang-go.tools-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-go
Architecture: all
Source: golang-golang-x-tools
Version: 1:0.0~git20160315.0.f42ec61-2
Depends: golang-golang-x-tools-dev
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-golang-x-tools/golang-go.tools-dev_0.0~git20160315.0.f42ec61-2_all.deb
Size: 8772
MD5sum: 857767cebef61a43f6afae5c79e6eaf5
SHA1: 1eaef51defbfc20d6ee936c7e35fc5709e976ddb
SHA256: ec6c0ad4ce259ccc2ec1a494b64b58a9d730d94977e344470c32e827e4e302df
Description-en: Transitional package for golang-golang-x-tools-dev
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the
golang-golang-x-tools-dev package. It can safely be removed.
Description-md5: 4f9c6882e8d8ff8d103bbe3d93fef953
Homepage: http://golang.org/x/tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu