Installing Go and the Go Tools-Chain in Binary Format
Explore detailed instructions for installing Go binaries and tools across multiple operating systems. Understand setting up environment variables like GOROOT and PATH, testing your installation, and organizing Go's folder structure to ensure your Go programming setup is ready for development.
Go binaries
The already compiled code that allows users to download the program on the machine without needing to compile the source code is called a binary.
You can download GO binaries here, where you choose the file appropriate for your OS and processor architecture: msi or zip for Windows, pkg for Mac OS and tar.gz for Linux and FreeBSD.
Installing Go binaries
The Go binary distributions assume they will be installed in ...