How to Install gccgo-4.7 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install gccgo-4.7 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

gccgo-4.7 software package provides GNU Go compiler, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gccgo-4.7 

gccgo-4.7 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gccgo-4.7 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gccgo-4.7 *

You will get with gccgo-4.7 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gccgo-4.7 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Development
Package gccgo-4.7
Version 4.7.0-0ubuntu4
Description GNU Go compiler
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gccgo-4.7 software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?