How to install
go
on MAC
Download
Download it from → https://golang.org/dl/
Pick the OS.
Download the package
Open the downloaded package:
Click “Continue”
Select “all users” → Click “Continue”
Click “Instal”
Enter “Password” → Click “Instal Software”
Wait for the install to complete
Summary:
That’s it you are done.
Package Details:
The package installs the Go distribution under /usr/local/go.
shaiks@MAC$ls -lrt /usr/local/go/
total 168
drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 238 Sep 8 21:31 pkg
drwxr-xr-x 15 root wheel 510 Sep 8 21:31 misc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Sep 8 21:31 lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1150 Sep 8 21:31 favicon.ico
drwxr-xr-x 39 root wheel 1326 Sep 8 21:31 doc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Sep 8 21:31 blog
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Sep 8 21:31 bin
drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374 Sep 8 21:31 api
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7 Sep 8 21:31 VERSION
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1519 Sep 8 21:31 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1303 Sep 8 21:31 PATENTS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1479 Sep 8 21:31 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 28953 Sep 8 21:31 CONTRIBUTORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1107 Sep 8 21:31 CONTRIBUTING.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 21146 Sep 8 21:31 AUTHORS
drwxr-xr-x 234 root wheel 7956 Sep 8 21:32 test
drwxr-xr-x 63 root wheel 2142 Sep 8 21:32 src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26 Sep 8 21:32 robots.txt
The package should put the /usr/local/go/bin directory in your PATH environment variable. You may need to restart any open Terminal sessions for the change to take effect.
shaiks@MAC$echo $PATH
/usr/local/git/current/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
Create Project Workspace:
shaiks@MAC$mkdir $HOME/mygo
shaiks@MAC$echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/mygo" >> ~/.profile
shaiks@MAC$echo "export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin" >> ~/.profile
shaiks@MAC$cat .profile | grep GO
export GOPATH=/Users/shaiksameer/mygo
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
Test go:
shaiks@MAC$pwd
/Users/shaiksameer/mygo
shaiks@MAC$mkdir -p src/hello
shaiks@MAC$pwd
/Users/shaiksameer/mygo/src
Create a sample program
shaiks@MAC$vi /Users/shaiksameer/mygo/src/hello/hello.go
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Printf("hello, world\n")
}
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Printf("hello, world\n")
}
shaiks@MAC$cd ..
shaiks@MAC$go install src/hello/hello.go
It creates a bin directory and executable file called “hello” under bin directory.
Execute the little program from the bin dir:
shaiks@MAC$./bin/hello
hello, world
Or Use compile & run in single command.
shaiks@MAC$go run src/hello/hello.go
Hey!
Mr. Sameer Shaik
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