How to Install Go on Ubuntu

Go (Golang) is a fast, statically-typed language for building backend services.

Install from Official Binary

wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz\nrm -rf /usr/local/go\ntar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Set PATH

Add to ~/.profile:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin\nexport GOPATH=$HOME/go\nexport PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

source ~/.profile

Verify

go version

Hello World

mkdir -p ~/hello && cd ~/hello\ngo mod init hello\ncat > main.go