Linux Installation Cheatsheet

If you want to use snap, you can easily install Go like so:

sudo snap install go --classic

Otherwise, please follow the steps below:

1. Update the local packages

bash

sudo apt-get update

bash

sudo apt-get install git

There are two ways:

1- From Web: Select Linux and the download will begin.

bash

firefox https://golang.org/dl

2- By using snap: If you use this option, skip to the 5th step.

bash

sudo snap install go --classic

Use that filename to uncompress it

bash

gofile="DELETE_THIS_AND_TYPE_THE_NAME_OF_THE_DOWNLOADED_FILE_HERE (without its extension)"

tar -C /usr/local -xzf ~/Downloads/$gofile

Add go/bin directory to $PATH to be able to run the fundamental Go commands.
bash
```
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.profile
```

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

bash

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

These are very handy tools to ease the development (like goimports)
go get cannot be used 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)
bash
```
go get -v -u golang.org/x/tools/...
```

Note: You may use another coding editor if you like. However, the course uses Visual Studio Code (VSCode).

Create a hello.go file in a new directory but anywhere outside of $GOPATH

bash

cat <<EOF > hello.go
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("hello gopher!")
}
EOF

Run the program

bash

go run hello.go
It should print: hello gopher!

For more tutorials: https://blog.learngoprogramming.com

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