Categorygithub.com/tej-singh-rana/Golangbeginner-levelinstallations
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Repository: https://github.com/tej-singh-rana/golang.git
Documentation: pkg.go.dev
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# README

Install Go in Linux system

  • Download the archive file and extract it into /usr/bin/ directory.
    • In case, if we are in different directory instead of home directory. Change with cd command. 
      $ cd /root/
    • Download archive with wget command. 
      $ wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
--2021-02-13 10:37:13--  https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    • Extract it from tar command. 
      $ pwd
/root

$ ls
go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz

$ tar -xvf go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
go/
go/AUTHORS
go/CONTRIBUTING.md
go/CONTRIBUTORS
go/LICENSE
go/PATENTS
go/README.md
go/SECURITY.md
go/VERSION
go/api/
...

$ ls
go  go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    • Copy/Move it extracted directory into /usr/bin/ directory.

      In your case might be different, so please check before copy.

      $ pwd
/root 

$ cp -r go /usr/bin/

      Note: To know the already existing Go path, use which command. Before installing a new version of Go, remove old one. Even you can manage multiple versions of Go in a same machine.
      Instructions to manage multiple versions of Go

      $ which go
/usr/bin/go/bin/go
    • Set the PATH in user's $HOME/.bashrc file. 
      $ echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin/go/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

$ . ~/.bashrc

      Error:- go: cannot find GOROOT directory. To fix this issue, set the GOROOT path.

    • In my case, 
      $ echo 'export GOROOT="/usr/bin/go"' >> ~/.bashrc

$ . ~/.bashrc
    • Check the go version. 
      $ go version
go version go1.15.8 linux/amd64

Note :- GOPATH - Your Go source code directory {src, pkg, bin} and default for linux ($HOME/go), GOROOT - Your Go installation path.

Install Go in Windows system