Installing Go from Source
This lesson serves as a guide to show how the installation of Go from compilable source-code can be processed and verified.
It is instructive to download and compile the full source-code of Go yourself. Complete and up to date instructions for that process are available here. We’ll provide an overview of the different steps, providing additional info and references as needed. Because the Go toolchain is written in Go, you need a (previous) Go compiler installed to build it, as explained in the last lesson. Let’s get an overview of the basic steps.
Step 1: Install git if needed
To download the Go source code or to use the go get command, you need Git. Check by typing git on a command-line. If it is not installed, download git from this ...