Uninstalling a package installed with Go

UpdatedMarch 15, 2025

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Uninstalling a package installed with Go

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Installing a package with Go

A while back, I built a really simple CLI tool to assist me with testing deep links and statically generated sites that I built. This CLI tool static-server allows me to serve the entire contents of a directory as a static website.

As the instructions in the README say, I can install the latest version of the tool using Go with the following command:

go install github.com/tinacious/static-server@latest

Then, I can navigate to any static HTML website folder on my computer and serve it. Let’s assume I have the following directory somewhere:

test ├── index.html └── style.css

I can run the following:

cd path/to/test static-server

This will serve the contents of the directory on a random port.

Uninstalling a package installed with Go

Let’s say you’ve tried this tool and you absolutely hate it. You prefer to type out the long Python 3 command, or use an NPM package that depends on you having the correct Node.js runtime on your computer. Here’s how you can uninstall static-server.

which static-server

This should output the path to the binary. Simply delete it.

Or, if you’re feeling brave and want to do it in a single line:

rm $(which static-server)

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