How to Install gccgo-5 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gccgo-5 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gccgo-5 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-5 

gccgo-5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gccgo-5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gccgo-5 *

You will get with gccgo-5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gccgo-5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package gccgo-5
Version 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4 [amd64,
Description GNU Go compiler
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gccgo-5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?