Install golang on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install golang
Learn how to install golang with the command sudo apt-get install golang on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of golang:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: golang
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install golang
Package Details | |
| Package: | golang |
| Version: | 2:1-5 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://golang.org/ |
| Description: | Go programming language compiler - metapackage The Go programming language is an open source project to make programmers more productive. Go is expressive, concise, clean, and efficient. Its concurrency mechanisms make it easy to write programs that get the most out of multicore and networked machines, while its novel type system enables flexible and modular program construction. Go compiles quickly to machine code yet has the convenience of garbage collection and the power of run-time reflection. It's a fast, statically typed, compiled language that feels like a dynamically typed, interpreted language. . This package is a metapackage that, when installed, guarantees that (most of) a full Go development environment is installed. Homepage: http://golang.org/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/devel |
How to install golang on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If golang is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L golang' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L golang Package `golang' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing golang:
After system update use the following command to install golang:
sudo apt-get install golang
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove golang from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the golang from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the golang following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove golang
Following command is used to remove the golang package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang
This will remove golang and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing golang with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge golang
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove golang
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with golang package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.