Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. Follow the below steps to install it on you Linux/Unix Box :
- Download it from https://golang.org/dl/
1 | $ curl -sSL https://golang.org/dl/goX.XX.X.linux-amd64.tar.gz -o goX.XX.X.linux-amd64.tar.gz |
replace the X.XX.X with current version.
- Extract the downloaded file to
/usr/local
1 | $ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf goX.XX.X.linux-amd64.tar.gz |
- Add the path
/usr/local/go/binto the environment variable, and for that just add the below lines to your .bashrc file, which is located on your home directory~/.bashrc. Add below lines
1 2 3 | export GOROOT=/usr/local/goexport GOPATH=$HOME/goexport PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH |
and now you are good to GO {he he !!}. Test the setup with go version
1 2 | $ go version go version go1.15.3 linux/amd64 |
thats it.