golang-tools-install-script

Bash script to automate Go language tools single user installation (Linux) or even removal. Latest filename for download at the time of this writting was for version 1.9.3 of Go. Feel free to change the variables on the beggining to match whatever version you need.

Tested with:

• Ubuntu/MacOSX Sierra (29/10/2017)

Installation

Download with wget or clone the repository

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh

Installation examples

To install on Linux:

bash goinstall.sh --64

Or, to install 32-bit:

bash goinstall.sh --32

To install on macOS:

bash goinstall.sh --darwin

Uninstall

bash goinstall.sh --remove

Notes

The script will create .go and go folders on your home directory, add the needed variables and PATH expansion.

$HOME/.go folder is your where Go will be installed to.

$HOME/go is the default workspace.

Read more about the workspace.