How to Install go-compiler software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install go-compiler software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

go-compiler software package provides virtual package provided by gccgo-5-powerpc-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gccgo-5-powerpc64-linux-gnu, gccgo-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gccgo-5-sparc64-linux-gnu, gccgo-6-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, gccgo-6-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-6-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-5-mips-linux-gnu, gccgo-6-sparc64-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-s390x-linux-gnu, gccgo-5, gccgo-6-powerpc-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-5-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-6-aarch64-linux-gnu, gcc, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install go-compiler

go-compiler is installed in your system.

Make ensure the go-compiler package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep go-compiler*

You will get with go-compiler package name, version, architecture and description in a table

go-compiler package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Virtual packages
Package go-compiler
Version
Description virtual package provided by gccgo-5-powerpc-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gccgo-5-powerpc64-linux-gnu, gccgo-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gccgo-5-sparc64-linux-gnu, gccgo-6-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, gccgo-6-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-6-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-5-mips-linux-gnu, gccgo-6-sparc64-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-s390x-linux-gnu, gccgo-5, gccgo-6-powerpc-linux-gnu, gccgo-5-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-5-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gccgo-6-aarch64-linux-gnu, gcc
Sub Section Virtual


See Also, How to uninstall or remove go-compiler software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?