Golang

Install and manage Go locally (Windows, macOS, Linux) using official archives or package managers; manage modules with go mod.

🧾 Overview

Go (Golang) is a compiled language suited for APIs, workers, CLIs and concurrent services. Local installation lets you build and test binaries before deploying.

The Go Programming Languagegolang

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📥 Installation (choose one)

Windows

Installer

1

Download the Windows .msi from https://go.dev/dl/

2

Run it (adds Go to PATH).

3

Reopen terminal (PowerShell / CMD).

4

Verify:

go version

Scoop

scoop install go
go version

Linux

Tarball

# Replace version as needed
curl -LO https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"
go version

Add PATH line to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc to persist.

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y golang-go
go version

Note: Repo version may lag behind latest.

Fedora

sudo dnf install -y golang
go version

Arch

sudo pacman -S --needed go
go version

macOS

Installer

Download the .pkg from https://go.dev/dl/ then:

go version

Homebrew

brew update
brew install go
go version

Tarball

curl -LO https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.6.darwin-arm64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.6.darwin-arm64.tar.gz
export PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"
go version

Add PATH export to shell profile to persist.

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🗂 Modules & Project Init

1

Initialize a module (creates go.mod)

mkdir myapp && cd myapp
go mod init example.com/myapp
go get

2

Add a file main.go

package main
import "fmt"
func main() { fmt.Println("hello") }

3

Run

go run .

4

Build

go build -o app

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🔄 Updating

Task	Command
Tidy modules	go mod tidy
Update deps (minor/patch)	go get -u ./...
Update single module	go get -u module/name
Verify modules	go mod verify

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🗃 Common Commands

go mod init example.com/project
go mod tidy
go run .
go build -o bin/app
go test ./...
go list -m all