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Saravanan Gnanaguru
Saravanan Gnanaguru

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Getting Started with Go in Ubuntu 16.04

Golang (or simply Go) setup and getting started

Following instructions are verified setup of Go on Ubuntu 16.04 version

Install Go

  • Get the OS specific installer from here
  • Run the command as root user or sudo
  • Extract go executable in /usr/local directory
  • Execute the below commands (Go version 1.14.1 used in this example)
cd /usr/local/
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvzf go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz 
rm go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz 
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Setup Go development environment

  • Create directories for development

mkdir -p $HOME/go/{bin,src,pkg}

Where,
bin - directory to hold the go source executable
src - source directory in which all the source modules will be coded
pkg - directory to hold the dependency import packages

  • Add path to environment permanently by adding in .profile
export "PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
export "GOPATH=$HOME/go"
export "GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin"
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  • Execute .profile file to make effect of Environment variable updates
source ~/.profile
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Verify the installation

go help
go env
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Go to src path and start development

cd $HOME/go/src
mkdir <new_go_module_name>
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Bibliography

https://www.tecmint.com/install-go-in-linux/

https://golang.org/doc/install

https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/SettingGOPATH

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