System: Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora. Might work for others as well.
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
Go to the downloads page and download the binary release suitable for your system.
To extract the archive file:
$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf /home/nikhita/Downloads/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ echo $PATH | grep "/usr/local/go/bin"
e.g.
goroot=$(go env |grep GOROOT |cut -d'=' -f2 |tr -d '"')
rm -f "$goroot"
@theaog My preference is to keep different apps installed in $HOMEDIR/apps.
Yes, GOROOT can be considered and this would be more flexibile.
But I think it's misleading to extract the release archive into $GOROOT/go
(as you put it in the script above: sudo tar -C "${goroot//go}").
Currently, GOROOT on my side - with the current version - is /home/dxps/apps/go1.20.4.
But if your recently posted script works, that's the whole point! 👏
Just use go-up project that supports both Linux and MacOS and
automatically determines where to install the new go version based
on the previous one.
Single line solution using curl
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DieTime/go-up/master/go-up.sh | bashSingle line solution using wget
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DieTime/go-up/master/go-up.sh | bash
I switched to go1.21 version following your prompts , works great!
Unfortunately, that go-up.sh solution doesn't cover some cases.
See a concrete example of how things can be destroyed:
…/apps ❯ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DieTime/go-up/master/go-up.sh | bash
❌ Go not installed, nothing to update
…/apps ❯
…/apps ❯ GOBIN=$(which go 2> /dev/null) && echo $GOBIN
…/apps ❯
…/apps ❯ tar zxf /disk2t/files/kits/dev/go/go1.21.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
…/apps took 1s❯
…/apps ❯
…/apps ❯ GOBIN=$(which go 2> /dev/null) && echo $GOBIN
/home/dxps/apps/go/bin/go
…/apps ❯
…/apps ❯ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DieTime/go-up/master/go-up.sh | bash
❌ Couldn't download and unpack go with version 1.21.0
time 2023-08-04T20:14:06Z
…/apps took 1s❯
…/apps ❯ ls -l go/
total 0
…/apps ❯
Thank you
windows update?
@SahilDhingraa Plenty of options to consider. As an example, check this out.
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, bro!
Thank you I practice V2 Sei Network on Ubuntu !!
I have sketched a simple script to automate the task:
git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang cd update-golang sudo ./update-golang.shThanks @udhos !!
🔝 thanks a lot
I have sketched a simple script to automate the task:
git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang cd update-golang sudo ./update-golang.shGreat work man!
Very good solution, thanks!!
You can also try brew upgrade go if you have installed go via brew
Of course @HassanAarzoo but the problem to updated using raspibian.
Worked fine, thanks! I also had to remove old versions of Go from /usr/lib and /usr/share
$ rm -rf /usr/lib/go
$ rm -rf /usr/lib/go-1.13
$ rm -rf /usr/share/go
$ rm -rf /usr/share/go-1.13
I have sketched a simple script to automate the task:
git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang cd update-golang sudo ./update-golang.shGreat work man!
Awesome
Thank you @Tuanm
Thank you @Tuanm
What did you thank me for, bro? :'v
After installing the latest go-system-wide, i get this version colloso@colloso-ThinkCentre-M73:~/Documents/Go/hello$ go version go version go1.20.3 linux/amd64
Thank you @Tuanm
What did you thank me for, bro? :'v
Thanks chief
Thanks
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
Worked for me. Any script that automatically cleans and removes the temporary files used for the installation?
guys, i've combined your implementations and gave it a little plus:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
version=$(go version 2>/dev/null || echo "none")
release=$(wget -qO- "https://golang.org/VERSION?m=text" | awk '/^go/{print $0}')
if [[ $version == *"$release"* ]]; then
echo "The local Go version ${release} is up-to-date."
exit 0
else
echo "The local Go version is ${version}. A new release ${release} is available."
fi
release_file="${release}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
tmp=$(mktemp -d)
cd $tmp || exit 1
echo "Downloading https://go.dev/dl/$release_file ..."
curl -OL https://go.dev/dl/$release_file
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf $release_file
rm -rf $tmp
cd ~
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
version=$(go version)
if [[ $version == *"$release"* ]]; then
echo "Now, local Go version is $version"
else
echo "Failed to update Go. Current version is still $version."
exit 1
fi
Modified for ARM64 versions
#!/usr/bin/env bash
version=$(go version 2>/dev/null || echo "none")
release=$(wget -qO- "https://golang.org/VERSION?m=text" | awk '/^go/{print $0}')
if [[ $version == *"$release"* ]]; then
echo "The local Go version ${release} is up-to-date."
exit 0
else
echo "The local Go version is ${version}. A new release ${release} is available."
fi
release_file="${release}.linux-arm64.tar.gz"
tmp=$(mktemp -d)
cd $tmp || exit 1
echo "Downloading https://go.dev/dl/$release_file ..."
curl -OL https://go.dev/dl/$release_file
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf $release_file
rm -rf $tmp
cd ~
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
version=$(go version)
if [[ $version == *"$release"* ]]; then
echo "Now, local Go version is $version"
else
echo "Failed to update Go. Current version is still $version."
exit 1
fi
Thanks bro, well scripted and it helped me great work
@wathika-eng Thanks for the ref! 🙏 Indeed, it works like a charm!
Previously, I had Go 1.24 manually installed (extracted, to be precise) in $HOME/apps/go.
The script (wget https://git.io/go-installer.sh && bash go-installer.sh) discovered that
and just ask my confirmation to update it. And that's it! 🥰
https://github.com/lib4u/goinstall
i just make shell script for linux
this can update go to latest version
@dxps in your modified script you're assuming the GOROOT is $HOME/apps, users might have a different install path.
I think it's best to retrieve the path using
go env |grep GOROOTor any other solution you might come up with, as long as it's not hardcoded and servers as many users as possible.