The latest articles on DEV Community by Ankit Kumar (@0xankit). https://dev.to/0xankit https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F881072%2Ffeba8d01-8447-4678-aab0-375a74911b31.jpeg https://dev.to/0xankit en Ankit Kumar Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:28:46 +0000 https://dev.to/0xankit/go-version-manager-gvm-41e7 https://dev.to/0xankit/go-version-manager-gvm-41e7 <p>There are several go version manager available out of which i found out GVM to be more reliable.</p> <h2> Go Version Manager (gvm) </h2> <h3> Mac OS X Requirements </h3> <p><code>xcode-select --install<br> brew update<br> brew install mercurial</code></p> <h3> To install: </h3> <p><code>bash &lt; &lt;(curl -s -S -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moovweb/gvm/master/binscripts/gvm-installer)</code></p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F03j6jgiwo2ikfepm2h9a.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F03j6jgiwo2ikfepm2h9a.png" alt="GVM installation demo by 0xankit"></a></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> <em>If you are using zsh just change bash with zsh</em><br> <strong>Note:</strong> <em>Then you need to add gvm to env PATH</em></p> <p>And To install new go version:<br> <code>gvm install go1.18.3<br> gvm use go1.18.3 [--default]<br> gvm list<br> </code><br> <a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fg307c3ygxj6ugt2rmc0f.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fg307c3ygxj6ugt2rmc0f.png" alt="GVM in action demo by 0xankit"></a></p> <ul> <li><p><code>gvm install go1.18.3 -B</code> directly installs the binary!</p></li> <li><p><code>gvm list</code> lists all installed go versions</p></li> <li><p><code>gvm listall</code> lists all released go versions</p></li> </ul> <h2> To uninstall: </h2> <p>To completely remove gvm and all installed Go versions and packages:</p> <p><code>gvm implode</code></p> <p>Checkout out official GVM repo for more <a href="https://github.com/moovweb/gvm" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> go gvm