GoLang is new programming lanuage by Google. It us used by many popular open source software like docker, kubernetics.

You can download latest version of golang from

https://golang.org/dl/

To install version 1.8.3, run

cd /usr/local/src
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvf go1.8.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
mv go /usr/local

Edit .bashrc file

vi ~/.bashrc

Add

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

Activate the changes with

source ~/.bashrc

GoLang is now ready to use, lets check the version

root@backup:~# go version
go version go1.8.3 linux/amd64
root@backup:~# 

Installing Software written in GoLang

To test, we can install google drive command line tool written in golang with

go get -u github.com/odeke-em/drive/cmd/drive

This may take some time. The command will download and compile the software. Place the binary file, in this case “drive” in folder ~/go/bin. Once finished, you can run it with command

root@backup:~# drive version
drive version: 0.3.9.1
Commit Hash: 
Go Version: 
OS: 
BuildTime: 
root@backup:~#