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Golang is a programming language developed by Google. Thanks to its versatility, simplicity and reliability, Golang has become one of the most popular programming languages in the open source community.
In this article, I will show you how to install the latest stable release of Golang on 64-bit and 32-bit Linux operating systems, including CentOS 7, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Debian 9 Stretch. At the time I wrote this article, the latest stable release of Golang was Golang 1.8.3.
A Vultr CentOS 7, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, or Debian 9 Stretch linux server instance.
A sudo user.
If you are using a 64-bit Linux operating system, including CentOS 7 x64, Ubuntu 16.04 amd64, and Debian 9 amd64, you need to download the 64-bit version of Golang as below:
cd
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -zxvf go1.8.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local
If you are using a 32-bit Linux operating system, including Ubuntu 16.04 i386 and Debian 9 i386, you need to download the 32-bit version of Golang as below:
cd
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.3.linux-386.tar.gz
sudo tar -zxvf go1.8.3.linux-386.tar.gz -C /usr/local
Note: You can always find the download link to the latest release of Golang on the official download page.
GOROOT and PATH environment variables:echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
source /etc/profile
go version
go env
In addition, you can write a simple Golang program and give it a shot:
cd
mkdir -p src/hello
cd src/hello
vi hello.go
Populate the file ~/src/hello/hello.go with the following code segment:
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Printf("hello, world\n")
}
Save and quit:
:wq!
Finally, run your first Golang program as follows:
go run hello.go
If everything was done correctly, you will see the output:
hello world
This concludes my tutorial. Thanks for reading.