smaky / golang-tools-install-script

Simple Bash script to automate Go language tools single user installation or even removal.

golang-tools-install-script

Bash script to automate installation and removal of single user Go language tools.

Feel free to change the variables on the beginning to match whatever version of Go you need.

Works for:

• ✅ Ubuntu 16.04 and above
• ✅ macOS Sierra and above

🔨 Requirements

• wget or curl
• Bash shell

⏩ Install

Download and run with wget or curl:

# Linux typically has wget installed
wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh | bash

# macOS typically has curl installed
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh | bash

📦 Version

Pass the --version option into the script including the version that you wish to install. This specify a different version without needing to change the variable in the script.

Example:

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh \
| bash -s -- --version 1.13.2

# or...
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh \
| bash -s -- --version 1.13.2

🚫 Uninstall

Pass the --remove option into the script:

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh \
| bash -s -- --remove

# or...
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh \
| bash -s -- --remove

📝 Notes

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

$HOME/.go is the directory where Go will be installed to.

$HOME/go is the default workspace directory.

Read more about the workspace.

In order to install Go into another location, set the environment variables $GOROOT and $GOPATH before (un)installing:

export GOROOT=/opt/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/projects/go