How to Install gccgo-4.8 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gccgo-4.8 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gccgo-4.8 software package provides GNU Go compiler, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gccgo-4.8 

gccgo-4.8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gccgo-4.8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gccgo-4.8 *

You will get with gccgo-4.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gccgo-4.8 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package gccgo-4.8
Version 4.8.5-4ubuntu2
Description GNU Go compiler
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gccgo-4.8 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?