Detailed explanation of the installation process of Golang

In today's modern software development field, Golang has always been favored by programmers as an efficient, concise and easy-to-learn programming language. However, the installation process of Golang is also a major difficulty that deters many novices. Today, this article will explain the installation process of Golang in detail to help you experience the powerful charm of Golang easily and happily.

1. Install Golang

First, we need to open Golang’s official website golang.org, and then select the corresponding download version according to your system. If it is a Windows system, you can select "Windows" on the "Download" page. If it is a Mac system, you need to select "MacOS". For Linux users, Golang also provides multiple Linux versions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc. Users can choose the corresponding installation package for installation according to their own Linux version.

2. Configure Golang’s environment variables

After installing Golang, we also need to configure the corresponding environment variables so that the operating system can run Golang more smoothly. In Windows systems, we need to enter "Control Panel" -> "System and Security" -> "System" -> "Advanced System Settings", and then select "Environment Variables" to configure. In the Linux system, we need to modify the PATH environment variable in the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile file and add the Golang bin directory to it.

3. Verify the installation of Golang

Finally, in order to confirm whether Golang has been installed successfully, we need to execute the following command in the terminal:

go version

If we see something similar to The output information of "go version go1.16.6..." indicates that Golang has been successfully installed.

Generally speaking, although the installation of Golang is not very complicated, there are some details that need to be paid attention to. If you have any questions or encounter unforeseen problems, you can always go to Golang's official website or community for help. I hope this article will be helpful to you and allow you to happily experience the infinite possibilities of Golang programming.

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