Install Go

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Goal

Install the Go toolchain. After this page you will have go on your PATH and a version printed in your terminal.

Prerequisites

• None. This is the first page of the Beginner tier.

What gets installed

The Go toolchain is one tarball or installer that drops three things on disk: the go command (your build / run / test entry point), the standard library, and the runtime. There is no separate package manager to install — go does that itself.

Install

Follow the official installer for your platform. Pin Go 1.22 or newer; every code sample in this tier targets that.

Verify

Open a fresh terminal and run:

go version

Expected output (your minor version may differ):

go version go1.22.5 darwin/amd64

If you get command not found, your shell didn't pick up the install path. Open a new terminal window — most installers update the PATH for new shells only.

For frontend developers

go is one binary that plays the role node, npm, and tsc play together: it runs your program, fetches dependencies, and compiles. There is nothing else to install.

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