How to update the Go version

update-golang.md

How to update the Go version

System: Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora. Might work for others as well.

1. Uninstall the exisiting version

As mentioned here, to update a go version you will first need to uninstall the original version.

To uninstall, delete the /usr/local/go directory by:

$ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go

2. Install the new version

Go to the downloads page and download the binary release suitable for your system.

3. Extract the archive file

To extract the archive file:

$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf /home/nikhita/Downloads/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

4. Make sure that your PATH contains /usr/local/go/bin

$ echo $PATH | grep "/usr/local/go/bin"

-fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Can you please post those error logs at https://github.com/udhos/update-golang/issues

and also please include the output for go env ?

udhos/update-golang#29

Thanks @udhos! That script worked perfectly!

sudo ./update-golang.sh

Thanks

Thank you @udhos for the script! works perfectly

@udhos Thanks!!!

@udhos Thanks mate!!

@udhos Thanks a lot :)

Where are you getting version 1.8 from? The golang.org page only has up to version 1.17. The link above led me to version 1.17.

I have sketched a simple script to automate the task:

git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang
cd update-golang
sudo ./update-golang.sh

Thanks!!

thank's @Clanwarz-zz

I have sketched a simple script to automate the task:

git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang
cd update-golang
sudo ./update-golang.sh

Thanks, @udhos, I wasn't very sure to download a script and run it with sudo but still took the risk and it worked. It's amazing.

git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang

thanks @udhos

@udhos Thanks a lot man !!!!

Thank you @udhos for your nice script

Thanks for sharing! For some reason the instructions didn't work for me. I found this github repo to upgrade golang which worked like a charm: https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme if anybody else has issues.

@udhos Thanks for the script! It really helps a lot.

@fearphage : the release string needs a little update

release=$(curl --silent https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html | grep -Eo 'go[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+' | sort -V | uniq | tail -1)

The page https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html was permanently moved to https://go.dev/doc/devel/release

so the release var now should be:

release=$(curl --silent https://go.dev/doc/devel/release | grep -Eo 'go[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+' | sort -V | uniq | tail -1)

Otherwise thanks for the oneliner. Worked perfectly for me.

@udhos works like a charm! thanks :)

If you are on Mac then download the latest version .pkg file and click on it. It detects the old version and will replace the old with a new one.

appreciated

very appreciated

The go team's email list gives another option:

If you have Go installed already, an easy way to try go1.18
is by using the go command:
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.18@latest
$ go1.18 download

If you want to config go in gitpod

rm -rf /home/gitpod/go && tar -C /home/gitpod/ -xzf go1.18.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Thanks!

@Meowzz95 thanks for the tip!

I have sketched a simple script to automate the task:

git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang
cd update-golang
sudo ./update-golang.sh

Thanks @udhos !!

This seems to work great, but for me on OSX, it wasn't getting picked up. I found out that I already had go installed from homebrew, which took precedence.

On OSX I recommend brew install go and brew upgrade go as the easiest way to go about this.

Oh my. 😭

Oh my zsh

Thanks man! @udhos