Golang Installation / macOS Environment

1. Installation Environment

The installation environment is as follows.

• Ubuntu 10.14.5
• golang 1.12.2

2. Homebrew Package Installation

# brew install golang

Install golang using Homebrew.

3. Environment Variable Setting

1
2
3
4
5
6

...
export GOROOT="$(brew --prefix golang)/libexec"
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$GOBIN:$PATH
...

Set environment variables used by golang in the ~/.bash-profile file so that golang can be used from any Directory.

• GOROOT : Directory where golang commands, Packages, Libraries, etc. are located.
• GOPATH : Home Directory of golang Programs currently being developed.
• GOBIN : Directory where compiled golang Binaries are copied when using the go install command.

4. References

• https://ahmadawais.com/install-go-lang-on-macos-with-homebrew