learngo/01-get-started/ubuntu-installation.md

Linux Installation Cheatsheet

1. Update the local packages

sudo apt-get update

2. Install git

sudo apt-get install git

3. Install Go

Select linux and the download will begin.

firefox https://golang.org/dl

4. Copy Go into the proper directory

1. Find out the name of the downloaded file

2. Use that filename to uncompress it

   gofile="DELETE_THIS_AND_TYPE_THE_NAME_OF_THE_DOWNLOADED_FILE_HERE (without its extension)"
   
   tar -C /usr/local -xzf ~/Downloads/$gofile.tar.gz
   

3. Add go/bin directory to $PATH to be able to run the fundamental Go commands.

   echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.profile
   

4. Add "$HOME/go/bin" directory to $PATH

   echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' >> ~/.profile
   

Install Go Tools:

• These are very handy tools to ease the development (like goimports)

• go get cannot be usable without installing a code versioning program like Git which we already have got it above.

• This will create ~/go directory and will download go tools into there.

  • This directory is also a place where you should put your code into. (If you're not going to use Go Modules)

  go get -v -u golang.org/x/tools/...
  

Install VSCode

1. Open "Ubuntu Software" application
2. Search for VSCode then click "Install"
3. Install Vim-Go

OPTIONAL STEP:

1. Create a hello.go inside $GOPATH/src

   cat <<EOF > $GOPATH/src/hello.go
   package main
   
   import "fmt"
   
   func main() {
       fmt.Println("hello gopher!")
   }
   EOF
   

2. Go to Go source directory and run our sample program

   cd $GOPATH/src
   go run hello.go
   It should print: hello gopher!
   

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