install_go.md

Go Installation in Linux

-> Go to golang.org/dl -> Download latest tar -> from the execution directory

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

-> Verify installation with below command

go version

Go second installation

• if you want to test your program against other versions of go just to test backward compatability through go promised backward comptability

go get golang.org/dl/go.1.15.6
go.1.15.6 download

# build & run
go.1.15.6 run
go.1.15.6 build