How to install Go language for Linux

Go language, also known as golang, is an open source programming language originally developed by Google. It was designed to follow the three principles of simplicity, security and speed. The Go language has a variety of debugging, testing, analysis and code review tools. Now the Go language and tools are provided in the source libraries of most Linux distributions. In this article, I will explain how to install the Go language for Linux.

Ubuntu, Debian or Linux Mint installation Go language

Debian-based Linux distributions can be installed using the apt-get command:

sudo apt-get install golang

To view the Go language version currently installed on the system, you can use the following command:

go version

Since the Go code must be saved in the workspace (workspace), we must create a workspace directory in the Home directory (such as ~/workspace) and define the GOPATH environment variable to point to The directory that will be used by Go tools to save and edit binaries.

mkdir ~/workspace
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/workspace"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

According to different needs, we can use apt-get to install Go tools:

sudo apt-cache search golang

Fedora, CentOS or RHEL installation Go language

Linux distributions based on Red Hat can be installed using the yum command:

sudo yum install golang

To view the Go language version currently installed on the system, you can use the following command:

go version

The next step is to create a workspace directory in the Home directory (such as ~/workspace) and define the GOPATH environment variable to point to this directory. This directory will be used by the Go tool to save and edit binary files.

mkdir ~/workspace
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/workspace"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

According to different needs, we can use yum to install Go tools:

yum search golang

Manually install Go language for Linux

Since the Linux sources used by everyone are different, and they may not be the latest version or the required version of the Go language package, we will talk about how to manually install the specified version.

Download Go language files

64-bit Linux

wget http://www.golangtc.com/static/go/go1.4.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz

32-bit Linux

wget http://www.golangtc.com/static/go/go1.4.2.linux-386.tar.gz

Download address: http://golangtc.com/download

Extract the binary files to the /usr/local directory

sudo tar -xzf go1.4.2.linux-xxx.tar.gz -C /usr/local

Use vi to add the following content to the environment variable configuration file /etc/profile:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

Check Go language version

go version

Define the GOPATH environment variable to the workspace directory

export GOPATH="$HOME/workspace

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