This blog represents steps required to get started with Go programming language on Linux/Ubuntu. The details can be found on this Golang – Getting Started page.
Setup Go & Configure
The following instructions can be used to setup Go which includes installation and configuration:
- Download the appropriate binary release from Go Download Page; In case of Linux, download go1.9.*.tar.gz.
- Go to the download folder and execute the following command:
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz
For the latest version of Go, the above command would look like following:
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Above command would setup go at the location, /usr/local.
- Configure path appropriately such that Go can be used to run the programs from anywhere on the system. Set following in ~/.bashrc file.
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
Once done, execute the .bashrc to put the settings in effect in current terminal.
. ~/.bashrc
Create Hello World Program using Go Programming Language
- Create a project folder structure such as following: ~/goapp/src/hello
- Create a file namely hello.go with following code, in the src/hello folder:
package main import "fmt" func main() { fmt.Printf("hello, world\n") }
- Build the Hello.go program
go build
- Run the program
./hello
Execution of above program should print hello, world
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