How to Install golint software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install golint software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

golint software package provides Linter for Go source code, 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 golint 

golint is installed in your system.

Make ensure the golint package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golint *

You will get with golint package name, version, architecture and description in a table

golint package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package golint
Version 0.0+git20150623.7b7f436-1
Description Linter for Go source code
Sub Section Devel


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