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## install-go-to-with-bash-script.md

      
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    NOTE: This is heavily outdated Gist snippet from 2017.

Install Go language with a Bash script

Another alternative to installing Go is to use a simple Bash script.
It will download and install Go language under of your own user account.
Note that a system-wide installation might be better for some things
(for example, better protected from accidental modifications etc.),
but this was a bit simpler to setup.
For this example, we are using:

https://github.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script

Create directory

mkdir -p ~/git/GitHub/canha
Clone Git repository

cd ~/git/GitHub/canha
git clone https://github.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script 
cd golang-tools-install-script/
Install a 64-bit version

bash goinstall.sh --64
Script downloads the version specified in the Bash script
(at the moment 1.9.2) and installs it to ~/.go directory.
Check that it was added to your shell config

cat ~/.bashrc
Reload your shell

source ~/.bashrc
Try if it works

go help
That should show a quick help for the go command.

  
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    Installing Go to Ubuntu Linux

Install gvm

Install required packages for gvm

sudo apt-get install curl git mercurial make binutils bison gcc build-essential

Install old Go version first

gvm install go1.4 -B
gvm use go1.4
export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT

Look what is the latest Go version

Now after installing the old version, look for the latest release.

Open URL https://golang.org/dl/ and look what is the latest version number.
Then look if that release is available via gvm:

gvm listall


Install latest version

gvm install go1.8.3


Set it as the default version:

gvm use go1.8.3 --default


Updating to a new version

If you have previous version of Go already installed, you can update to a new release version of Go with these steps:

gvm install go1.8.3
gvm use go1.8.3 --default