This bash script installs Go lang tools in /usr/local/go, creates $HOME/go directory and sets GOPATH environment variable to $HOME/go/bin.
#!/bin/bash
set -e
GVERSION="1.7"
GFILE="go$GVERSION.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
GOPATH="$HOME/go"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
if [ -d $GOROOT ]; then
echo "Installation directory already exists $GOROOT"
exit 1
fi
mkdir -p "$GOROOT"
chmod 777 "$GOROOT"
wget --no-verbose https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/$GFILE -O $TMPDIR/$GFILE
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Go download failed! Exiting."
exit 1
fi
tar -C "/usr/local" -xzf $TMPDIR/$GFILE
touch "$HOME/.bashrc"
{
echo '# GoLang'
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin'
echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go'
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin'
} >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
source "$HOME/.bashrc"
echo "GOROOT set to $GOROOT"
mkdir -p "$GOPATH" "$GOPATH/src" "$GOPATH/pkg" "$GOPATH/bin" "$GOPATH/out"
chmod 777 "$GOPATH" "$GOPATH/src" "$GOPATH/pkg" "$GOPATH/bin" "$GOPATH/out"
echo "GOPATH set to $GOPATH"
rm -f $TMPDIR/$GFILE
You can run the one-line installer using this gist as source:
cd $HOME
curl -s -L <GIST_RAW_URL> | sudo bash
The gist raw URL can be found here.
After running the script, type exit to close the current session. Open a new bash session and run go env to verify the installation.