Install Go with a package manager

install-go-package-manager.md

Install Go with a package manager

If you want a manual solution instead for more control and to get the latest release available, see this gist.

Install the Go binary.

• Debian/Ubuntu
  • Install with apt-get to /usr/bin/go. NB. Requires root privileges.

    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get install golang-go

• macOS
  • Install with Brew.

    $ brew install go

Set up Go packages.

• Your user-level packages installed to Go bin (~/go/bin) must be available to execute. So add this to your profile config (.bash_profile or .profile).

  export PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"

Test your installation:

• Version.

  $ go version

  go version go1.15.2 darwin/amd64
  

• Check environment variables.

  $ go env

  GO111MODULE=""
  GOARCH="amd64"
  GOBIN=""
  GOCACHE="/Users/mcurrin/Library/Caches/go-build"
  GOENV="/Users/mcurrin/Library/Application Support/go/env"
  ...

For more info, see Install guide in the Go docs.

⚠️ Warning - if you install using a package manager, be sure to also upgrade using a package manager too. If you install version X using a package manager, then use Go itself to upgrade to Y, the old version of X will be replaced but your package manager will still think that version X is installed.