Go Installation Guide

# Install Homebrew if you don't have it
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
 
# Install Go
brew install go
 
# Verify installation
go version

# Download Go for macOS
curl -O https://go.dev/dl/go1.24.0.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
 
# Extract to /usr/local
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.24.0.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
 
# Add to PATH (add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile)
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
 
# Verify installation
go version

# Install Chocolatey if you don't have it
# Run PowerShell as Administrator and execute:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 
# Install Go
choco install golang
 
# Verify installation
go version

# Install Scoop if you don't have it
# Run PowerShell and execute:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
irm get.scoop.sh | iex
 
# Install Go
scoop install go
 
# Verify installation
go version

# Set GOPATH (optional, Go 1.11+ uses modules by default)
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
 
# Add to your shell profile (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc.)
echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
 
# Verify Go environment
go env GOPATH
go env GOROOT

# Check Go version (should be 1.24+)
go version
 
# Check Go environment
go env
 
# Test Go installation
mkdir test-go && cd test-go
go mod init test
echo 'package main
 
import "fmt"
 
func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, Go!")
}' > main.go
go run main.go
# Should output: Hello, Go!