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How to install Golang? Slack

Ubuntu (Xenial) 16.04

Build Dependencies

This installation document assumes Ubuntu 16.04+ on x86-64 platform.

Install Git
$ sudo apt-get install git
Install Go 1.11+

Download Go 1.10+ from https://golang.org/dl/.

$ wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.11.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.11.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Setup PATH

Add the PATH to your ~/.bashrc.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:${HOME}/go/bin
Source the new environment
$ source ~/.bashrc
Testing it all
$ go env
$ go version

OS X (El Capitan) 10.11

Build Dependencies

This installation document assumes OS X El Capitan 10.11+ on x86-64 platform.

Install brew

Install brew from brew.sh

Install Git
$ brew install git
Install Go 1.10+

Install golang binaries using brew

$ brew install go
Setup PATH

Add the PATH to your ~/.bash_profile. 

export PATH=${HOME}/go/bin:$PATH
Source the new environment
$ source ~/.bash_profile
Testing it all
$ go env
$ go version