How to Install and Uninstall golint Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "golint" package

Please follow the guidance below to install golint on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                golint
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "golint" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall golint on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: golint
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 4419
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0+git20150623.7b7f436-1
Filename: pool/universe/g/golint/golint_0.0+git20150623.7b7f436-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1044066
MD5sum: 41f50c36d7f7006aa095713c3d5a0d86
SHA1: d2cd529e0f13ea3488034f02a616d307a245ede7
SHA256: c3c6acbc8379de5d4b2b9167387767379c3942e07ae1afad51c0226dffcce661
Description-en: Linter for Go source code
Golint differs from gofmt. Gofmt reformats Go source code, whereas golint
prints out style mistakes.
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Golint differs from govet. Govet is concerned with correctness, whereas golint
is concerned with coding style. Golint is in use at Google, and it seeks to
match the accepted style of the open source Go project.
Description-md5: d09b18cf80d4e2b7164efbc144ed3a21
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.5.1-0ubuntu2), golang-golang-x-tools (= 1:0.0~git20150902.0.1330b28+dfsg1-0ubuntu1)
Homepage: https://github.com/golang/lint
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu