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Go Build and Test

Following instructions are verfied setup of Golang on Ubuntu 16.04 version

• Install Golang
• Setup Go development environment
• Verify the installation
• Go to src path and start development
• Bibliography

• Get the OS specific installer from here
• Run the command as root user or sudo
• Extract go executable in /usr/local directory
• For Ubuntu 16.04 version

cd /usr/local/
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvzf go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz 
rm go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz 

or

cd /tmp
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvzf go1.14.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local

• Create directories for development

mkdir -p $HOME/go/{bin,src,pkg}

Where,

bin - directory to hold the go source executables

src - source directory in which all the source modules will be coded

pkg - directory to hold the dependency import packages

• Add path to environment permanently by adding in profile

export "PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
export "GOPATH=$HOME/go"
export "GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin"

• Execute .profile file to make effect of Env variable updates

source ~/.profile

go help
go env

cd $HOME/go/src
mkdir <new_go_module_name>

Install Go in Linux

Golang Install Doc

Set Go Env Variable