How to install Go on Linux?

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Im getting started with #go. How to setup dev environment?

Gopher · Accepted Answer

Download the Linux distribution from Go’s official download page and extract it into /usr/local directory. sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz Note: Replace $VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz with the zip you have downloaded from the Go’s official download page Next, add the /usr/local/go/bin directory to your PATH environment variable. Add /usr/local/go/bin to the PATH environment variable. You can do this by adding this line to your /etc/profile (for a system-wide installation) or $HOME/.profile: sudo nano ~/.profile Add the following line at the bottom of the file export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin Refresh the profile with follwong command sudo source ~/.profile You can also use any other directory like /opt/go instead of /usr/local for installing Go. Setting GOPATH The GOPATH environment variable specifies the location of your workspace. By default, the GOPATH is assumed to be $HOME/go on Unix systems and %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows. If you’re happy with this path then you don’t need to do anything. You can just create your workspace directory named go inside the home folder and start writing Go code. If you want to use a custom location as your workspace, you can set the GOPATH environment variable by following the instructions below - For setting GOPATH in bash shells, add the following line to the ~/.profile file - sudo nano ~/.profile If you use Zsh shell, then you need to add the above line to ~/.zshrc file. Add the following line at the bottom of the file export GOPATH=$HOME/go Refresh the profile with follwong command sudo source ~/.profile Create workspace folders mkdir -p $GOPATH $GOPATH/src $GOPATH/pkg $GOPATH/bin Now you must have go installed on your system

Eric Leslie · Answer

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