Install GO (aka Golang) on Linux - Welcome To Golang By Example

GO is available to be installed on Win, Mac, and Linux platforms. Let’s see the installation set up for Linux

Install

Download the archive of latest version of GO from here – https://golang.org/dl/. After downloading untar it at the location /usr/local. You can also run the below command to untar

tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz

After the untar then the below path contains the go binary ‘/usr/local/go/bin’ . You have to add this location to your .bashrc. Open your .bashrc make the below entry. If the file doesn’t already exist then create it.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

Test Installation:

Relaunch the terminal and type the command ‘which go’ in the terminal.It will output /usr/local/go/bin/go. This is the location of GO binary.

Try running the ‘go version’ command. It will output the current GO Version

Try running ‘go’ command as well. It will output

Go is a tool for managing Go source code.
Usage:
go  [arguments]
The commands are:
bug start a bug report
build compile packages and dependencies
clean remove object files and cached files
doc show documentation for package or symbol
env print Go environment information
fix update packages to use new APIs
fmt gofmt (reformat) package sources
generate generate Go files by processing source
get add dependencies to current module and install them
install compile and install packages and dependencies
list list packages or modules
mod module maintenance
run compile and run Go program
test test packages
tool run specified go tool
version print Go version
vet report likely mistakes in packages
Use "go help " for more information about a command.
Additional help topics:
buildmode build modes
c calling between Go and C
cache build and test caching
environment environment variables
filetype file types
go.mod the go.mod file
gopath GOPATH environment variable
gopath-get legacy GOPATH go get
goproxy module proxy protocol
importpath import path syntax
modules modules, module versions, and more
module-get module-aware go get
module-auth module authentication using go.sum
module-private module configuration for non-public modules
packages package lists and patterns
testflag testing flags
testfunc testing functions
Use "go help " for more information about that topic.

Uninstall

To uninstall do below two steps

Run below command to remove the files. It will require sudo permission.

rm -rf /usr/local/go

Remove the below entry from the .bashrc file

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

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