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m.d venkatesh
Asked: 2018-05-23 01:14:32 +0800 CST

i want to install specific version of go programming language(1.7.5 ) in ubuntu 16.04

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wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

extract the package

sudo tar -zxvf go1.7.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/

Added by Go Path

echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc 

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

i am getting error when typing 

go version

-bash: /usr/bin/go: No such file or directory

bash golang

1 Answers

  1. I just make a symlink from /usr/bin/go to the particular go binary file I want, that way the OS can always find it.

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