README.md
April 30, 2026 · View on GitHub
Go Installer 🐹
Install Golang on Linux or Mac
with hassle of environment variables setting.
How to use it 🤔
Installing (or even updating) Go ⬇️
You can clone the repository and then run bash go.sh.
Or by simply running whatever suits you from the following commands (wget or curl):
# downloads then runs the script
wget https://git.io/go-installer.sh && bash go-installer.sh
# doesn't download the script ~ runs the script directly
curl -sL https://git.io/go-installer | bash
Now, you can go grab a cup of coffee :coffee:, sit back :relieved: and relax while the magic happens! :crystal_ball:
Note
By default the script will create.goandgofolders on your HOME directory & add the needed variables to your PATH variable.
$HOME/.go is where Go will be installed.
$HOME/go is the default workspace.
In order to install Go to another location or set custom workspace. You can set environment variables GOROOT or GOPATH before installing (or uninstalling) Go.
For example:
export GOROOT=/opt/go # where Go is installed
export GOPATH=$HOME/projects/go # your workspace
Read more about workspaces in Go.
Specifying a version to install 🧐
By default, the script installs the latest version available.
You can choose what version to install by adding the --version flag, followed by the version you want to install.
bash go.sh --version 1.19.4
Show Help Message 🍁
To show the following help message use bash go.sh help.
Uninstalling Go ❌
bash go.sh remove
How it works ⚙️
The script does the following steps:
- Checks if Go is already installed.
- Detects the installed operating system (Linux or Mac).
- Detects system architecture (armv6, armv8, amd64, i386).
- Parses the https://go.dev/dl download page to find the latest version of Go that is available for your platform and architecture.
- Exits if you have the latest version of Go already installed.
- Downloads the latest version of Go.
- Creates the needed directories for workspace and Go binaries.
- Extracts the files of the downloaded package.
- Adds the binaries to PATH environment variable.
- Removes the downloaded installation file.
🔥 WORKS LIKE A CHARM 🚀