Download and Install Go
Download
Download the latest version of Go from the official Go website.
Kindly choose the correct version for your operating system.(Windows, Linux, Mac)
Install
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux
Open the package file you downloaded and follow the prompts to install Go.
The package installs the Go distribution to
/usr/local/go
. The package should put the/usr/local/go/bin
directory in yourPATH
environment variable. You may need to restart any openTerminal
sessions for the change to take effect.Verify that you've installed Go by opening a command prompt and typing the following command:
Terminal$ go version
Confirm that the command prints the installed version of Go.
Can use brew to install Golang for macOS:
brew install go
- Open the MSI file you downloaded and follow the prompts to install Go.
- By default, the installer will install Go to
C:\Go
. You can change the location as needed. After installing, you will need to close and reopen any open command prompts so that changes to the environment made by the installer are reflected at the command prompt.- In
Windows
, click theStart
menu. - In the menu's search box, type cmd, then press the Enter key.
- In the
Command Prompt
window that appears, type the following command:
- In
$ go version
- Confirm that the command prints the installed version of Go.
- Remove any previous Go installation by deleting the
/usr/local/go folder
(if it exists), then extract the archive you just downloaded into/usr/local
, creating a fresh Go tree in/usr/local/go
:Terminal$ rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.21.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
(You may need to run the command as root or through sudo).
Do not untar the archive into an existing /usr/local/go
tree. This is known to produce broken Go installations.
Add
/usr/local/go/bin
to thePATH
environment variable. You can do this by adding the following line to your$HOME/.profile
or/etc/profile
(for a system-wide installation):``` bash title="Terminal"
$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
```Note: Changes made to a profile file may not apply until the next time you log into your computer. To apply the changes immediately, just run the shell commands directly or execute them from the profile using a command such as source
$HOME/.profile
.Verify that you've installed Go by opening a command prompt and typing the following command:
Terminal$ go version
Confirm that the command prints the installed version of Go.