Install Golang in Arch Linux

Golang doesn’t have its own installer, so we can just install it with pacman.

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sudo pacman -S go

I like my Golang workspace in FHS style. The default is in $HOME/go.

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mkdir ~/.local/share/go
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go env -w GOPATH=$HOME/.local/share/go

Add to PATH, edit ~/.bashrc:

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export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin