{"id":153,"date":"2019-12-02T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linuxpro.com.br\/2019\/12\/install-golang-linux\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:04:41","slug":"install-golang-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.linuxpro.com.br\/en\/2019\/12\/install-golang-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Golang on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note (2026):<\/strong> The original post called for running a gist as root, a directory ~\/GO<\/code> and PATH in \/etc\/profile<\/code>. That was in 2019. Below: the official tarball from go.dev (Go 1.27 series, released in August 2026), snap, and apt \u2014 with go.mod<\/code>, without a manually configured GOPATH.<\/div>\n

Go was born at Google in 2007 (Pike, Thompson, Griesemer) and became open source in 2009 \u2014 we tell that story in The history of the Go language<\/a>. It compiles quickly, produces a binary, and provides concurrency with goroutines. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform: Go. In 2019 this how-to downloaded a script. In 2026 the official path is the tarball from go.dev\/dl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Official tarball (recommended)<\/h2>\n

Fetches the current stable version, checks the architecture, and installs into \/usr\/local\/go<\/code>. Do not extract over an old tree \u2014 Go itself asks you to delete it first:<\/p>\n

VER=$(curl -fsSL 'https:\/\/go.dev\/VERSION?m=text' | head -n1)\ncase $(uname -m) in\n  x86_64)  GOARCH=amd64 ;;\n  aarch64) GOARCH=arm64 ;;\n  *) echo \"arch n\u00e3o suportada\"; exit 1 ;;\nesac\ncd \/tmp\ncurl -fLO \"https:\/\/go.dev\/dl\/${VER}.linux-${GOARCH}.tar.gz\"\nsudo rm -rf \/usr\/local\/go\nsudo tar -C \/usr\/local -xzf \"${VER}.linux-${GOARCH}.tar.gz\"\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Set PATH for your user, not in \/etc\/profile<\/code> for root:<\/p>\n
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:\/usr\/local\/go\/bin' >> ~\/.profile\necho 'export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)\/bin' >> ~\/.profile\nsource ~\/.profile\ngo version\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The default GOPATH is already ~\/go<\/code>. You do not need mkdir ~\/GO<\/code>. The SHA-256 checksum for each file is at go.dev\/dl<\/a>. Starting with 1.21, the toolchain can download a newer version automatically if the go.mod<\/code> requests it (GOTOOLCHAIN<\/code>).<\/p>\n
Snap and apt<\/h2>\n
If you want the distro package, be aware that it lags behind upstream. Ubuntu 24.04 packages around 1.22; Canonical's snap keeps up better:<\/p>\n
# snap (cl\u00e1ssico, atualiza sozinho)\nsudo snap install go --classic\ngo version\n\n# apt (est\u00e1vel da distro, costuma ser mais velho)\nsudo apt update\nsudo apt install -y golang-go git\ngo version\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Do not mix snap, apt, and \/usr\/local\/go<\/code> in the same PATH. Choose one. The PPA longsleep\/golang-backports<\/code> still exists for Ubuntu LTS if the machine's apt version is too old.<\/p>\n
Hello, module<\/h2>\n
Since 1.16, modules are the default. No more GOPATH\/src\/github.com\/...<\/code>:<\/p>\n
mkdir -p ~\/src\/hello && cd ~\/src\/hello\ngo mod init hello\nprintf 'package mainnimport \"fmt\"nfunc main() { fmt.Println(\"ol\u00e1, linuxpro\") }n' > hello.go\ngo run .\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Generics have existed since 1.18 \u2014 the 2019 text said there were none. The gist from the original post (jniltinho\/8758e15a9ef80a189fce<\/a>) remains a relic: do not run gist scripts as root in 2026.<\/p>\n
Wrap-up<\/h2>\n
One tarball, one PATH, one go mod init<\/code>. The language that the 2017 list still called \u201cweak in Brazil\u201d is now the language of infrastructure. The overview: The 7 main programming languages<\/a>. The 2017 how-to, this one's older sibling: Installing Golang on Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n
With Go installed, see the language in action here on the blog \u2014 two of our projects written in Go: go-imapsync<\/a> (IMAP mailbox migration in a single binary) and go-postfixadmin<\/a> (a modern panel for Postfix).<\/p>\n
Docs: go.dev\/doc\/install<\/a> \u00b7 tour: go.dev\/tour<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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