Installing golang on Linux

Posted on November 20, 2021 by jimbelton

Installing golang on linux is easy:

  1. Go to the golang downloads page and download the latest linux tarball: https://golang.org/dl/
  2. Run: sudo tar -xzf -C /usr/local -f ~/Downloads/go1.17.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
  3. Edit ~/.profile and add a line: PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
  4. Just this once, source the file: . ~/.profile

Replace the filename in step 2 with the name of the tarball you downloaded. You should now be able to run the go command.

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