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Installation

Golang is supported on all the three platforms Mac, Windows and Linux. You can download the binary for the corresponding platform from https://golang.org/dl/

Mac OS

Download the OS X installer from https://golang.org/dl/. Double tap to start the installation. Follow the prompts and this should have Golang installed in /usr/local/go and would have also added the folder /usr/local/go/bin to your PATH environment variable.

Windows

Download the MSI installer from https://golang.org/dl/. Double tap to start the installation and follow the prompts. This will install Golang in location c:\Go and will also add the directory c:\Go\bin to your path environment variable.

Linux

Download the tar file from https://golang.org/dl/ and unzip it to /usr/local.

Add /usr/local/go/bin to the PATH environment variable. This should install go in linux.

resources used: https://golangbot.com/golang-tutorial-part-1-introduction-and-installation/ https://golang.org/dl/