Let’s talk about the installation steps and precautions of Golang

Golang is a very popular programming language. It has the characteristics of high efficiency, high concurrency, and easy learning, and is favored by the majority of developers. However, installing Golang can be difficult for beginners. Below, this article will introduce the installation steps and related precautions of Golang to help those who want to learn Golang set up a development environment.

1. Download the Golang installation package

Open the official website (https://golang.org/dl/), select the Golang installation package suitable for your system and download it. According to your computer operating system, select the corresponding installation package to download. Currently officially supported operating systems include: Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, etc.

2. Install Golang

1. Installation process on Windows operating system:

After the download is completed, double-click the Golang installation package and select "Next" to proceed to the next step.

2. Next, please select the installation location of Golang, check the "Add to PATH" option, and click "Install" to install.

3. After the installation is completed, please do not close the interface and select "Next" again to proceed to the next step.

4. Select "Finish" to complete the installation.

5. In order to ensure the smooth use of Golang tools, you also need to add some system paths to the local environment variables. First, right-click "My Computer" -> "Properties" to open the "System" settings. Select "Advanced System Settings" and then select "Environment Variables" in the pop-up "System Properties" window.

6. In the environment variable manager, find the entry named "Path" in "System Variables", select Edit, and add the Golang installation path to the end, for example: C:\Program Files (x86) \Go\bin.

7. After saving, Golang has been installed. Open the command prompt window (Win R, enter cmd) and enter "go version" to test.

2. Install relevant IDE

After installing Golang, you also need to install the corresponding integrated development environment (IDE) in order to write and debug code more conveniently and quickly. Common IDEs include Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Goland, IntelliJ IDE, etc. This article uses Visual Studio Code as an example to introduce.

1. Download Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and install it.

2. Open VS Code, search for the Go extension in the extension store on the left menu bar, and install it. After the installation is complete, restart VS Code.

3. In VS Code, select "File" -> "Open Folder" and open the folder where the project is located, or create a new project directly in VS Code.

4. After creating a new project, open the terminal and enter "go run main.go" to run the program.

Summary:

It is not difficult to install Golang and related IDEs. You only need to complete the operation according to the above steps. After the installation is complete, we can further learn Golang programming technology by viewing relevant documents and operation manuals, and start writing our first Golang applet.

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