Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-1.16-doc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is golang-1.16-doc
golang-1.16-doc is:
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 provides the documentation for the Go programming
language. You can view the formatted documentation by running
“godoc –http=:6060”, and then visiting
http://localhost:6060/doc/install.html.
There are three methods to install golang-1.16-doc
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install golang-1.16-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install golang-1.16-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install golang-1.16-doc
Install golang-1.16-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install golang-1.16-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install golang-1.16-doc
Install golang-1.16-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install golang-1.16-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install golang-1.16-doc
How To Uninstall golang-1.16-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the golang-1.16-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove golang-1.16-doc
Uninstall golang-1.16-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall golang-1.16-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove golang-1.16-doc
Remove golang-1.16-doc Configurations and Data
To remove golang-1.16-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge golang-1.16-doc
Remove golang-1.16-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove golang-1.16-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golang-1.16-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-1.16-doc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.