How to Install gccgo-multilib software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install gccgo-multilib software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

gccgo-multilib software package provides Go compiler, based on the GCC backend (multilib files), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

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

gccgo-multilib is installed in your system.

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

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

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

gccgo-multilib package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package gccgo-multilib
Version 4:4.9-1ubuntu6
Description Go compiler, based on the GCC backend (multilib files)
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gccgo-multilib software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?