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richie
Asked: 2018-11-14 07:17:12 +0800 CST

command 'go' not found

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This is not a programming question.

I have a machine running Ubuntu, and I installed Golang on it. It was working fine... I even ran a few programs, but the "go1.11.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz" file was in my home directory so I thought it would be okay to move it to the Downloads directory. After moving it, I can't use any Go command, and I get command 'go' not found. I tried moving the file back to the home directory, but I'm still getting the same error.

Can anybody explain to me what's going on? Thanks!!

richie@richie-ThinkPad-T430:~$ go version

Command 'go' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo snap install go         # version 1.11.2, or
sudo apt  install golang-go
sudo apt  install gccgo-go 

See 'snap info go' for additional versions.

The commands I used to install Go :

wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.11.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.11.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
source ~/.profile
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6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Jos in the comments above is likely correct. You need to add the change to PATH in your .profile. From the install doc (emphasis added):

    Add /usr/local/go/bin to the PATH environment variable. You can do this by adding this line to your /etc/profile (for a system-wide installation) or $HOME/.profile:

    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
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  2. From: Installed golang still go: command not found #20

    Use this command:

    sudo apt update && sudo apt install golang
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  3. Use nano ~/.profile to edit the file and add the following:

    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

    Save the file using the command source ~/.profile. Check the version:go version

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  4. Try adding the exact export command to the ~/.bashrc file.

    You need to source the ~/.bashrc file for changes to take place in your current terminal. From next time onward whenever you open a terminal, you should be able to find the go command. This worked for me.

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  5. Make sure that the GOPATH environment variable is set to /usr/local/bin.

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  6. One line command to install go,

    [ ! -d "/usr/local/go" ] && cd /tmp && wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.17.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local/ -xzf go1.17.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && cd /usr/local/ && echo "export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:\$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bashrc && echo "export GOROOT=/usr/local/go" >> ~/.bashrc && echo "export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:\$HOME/go/bin" >> /home/*/.bashrc && echo "export GOROOT=/usr/local/go" >> /home/*/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc && source /home/*/.bashrc

    Note: Run rm /usr/local/go before running this code if it is not working. It will install it for the user you are logged in.

    Command explanation (for those who wants to know, so you can edit it if you want):

    1. [ ! -d "/usr/local/go" ] to check if go already downloaded. If it is already there the command will not work. You need to run rm /usr/local/go to make it working.
    2. cd /tmp && wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.17.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz to move to tmp directory and download go binary.
    3. tar -C /usr/local/ -xzf go1.17.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz to unzip the downloaded tar file to installation directory /usr/local
    4. cd /usr/local/ && echo "export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:\$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bashrc && echo "export GOROOT=/usr/local/go" >> ~/.bashrc && echo "export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:\$HOME/go/bin" >> /home/*/.bashrc && echo "export GOROOT=/usr/local/go" >> /home/*/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc && source /home/*/.bashrc to set GOPATH and GOROOT for bash terminal.
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