How to Install Golang on Windows, Macbook and Linux Computers

Ihsan Arif

Writer at Santekno · Backend Engineer

First download the Golang library on the [Golang] website (https://golang.org/doc/install) .

MAC

Select the package and download according to MacOS support. If you use a Macbook M1, you should install the ARM64 version.
After downloading the file with the .dmg extension, install it as you usually install applications. Once finished, usually the Golang path will be saved in the /usr/local/go folder
If necessary, type the command below to set the local environment
bash
```
1export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
```

Select the package and download it according to the supported version of Windows.
After downloading the file with the .exe extension, install it like installing any other application. Usually files will be saved in the Program Files or Program Files (x86) folder
Open terminal or cmd.

carry out the command below

bash

1rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go{version-go}.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Make sure the environment path has been set so that the go library supports the operating system. This can be done with the command below.
bash
```
1export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
```

After carrying out the installation process above, we can check whether Golang has been installed on our computer or not

Open terminal
then type the command go version, then if it has been installed information will appear like this
bash
```
1go version go1.17.5 darwin/arm64
```
or if you know more about the syntax in more detail, you can use go help.