Linux Golang Installation and environment variable settings

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1. Download and install

Download Golang installation package: go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Unzip the Go archive to the/usr/local directory using the tar command

Tar    -ZXVF    go1.  5.1. Linux-amd64. tar. GZ-    C    /usr/local

2. Environment variable setting

Add the following four environment variables in the profile file (~/.bash_profile (single user) or/etc/profile (all users))

Goroot:go Current installation directory

Export Goroot=/usr/local/go

Gopath: Workspace Collection

Export Gopath=~/golib:~/goproject

GOBIN: Store The Go-compiled executable file

Export Gobin=~/gobin

PATH:

Export path= $PATH: $GOROOT/bin: $GOBIN

After adding the above environment variables, the source command can be used to compile the profile so that the current setting takes effect immediately.

3. Verification

Enter the following command in any directory:

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