Go Installation

Installation

If you are ready, update the Ubuntu packages on your machine. This ensures that you have the latest security patches and fixes, as well as updated repos for your new packages.

sudo apt-get update

Download latest Go version

see more, https://golang.org/dl/

cd /tmp/
curl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv go /usr/local

Set Go's home path by using $HOME/go

sudo nano ~/.profile
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin

Active profile

source ~/.profile

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