INSTALLGO.md

Ubuntu (Kylin) 14.04

Build Dependencies

This installation document assumes Ubuntu 14.04+ on x86-64 platform.

Install Git, GCC, yasm

$ sudo apt-get install git build-essential yasm

Install Go 1.4+

Download Go 1.4+ from https://golang.org/dl/.

$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin/
$ mkdir -p ${HOME}/go/
$ tar -C ${HOME}/bin/ -xzf go1.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Setup GOROOT and GOPATH

Add the following exports to your ~/.bashrc. Environment variable GOROOT specifies the location of your golang binaries and GOPATH specifies the location of your project workspace.

$ export GOROOT=${HOME}/bin/go
$ export GOPATH=${HOME}/go
$ export PATH=$PATH:${HOME}/bin/go/bin:${GOPATH}/bin

OS X (Yosemite) 10.10

Build Dependencies

This installation document assumes OS X Yosemite 10.10+ on x86-64 platform.

Install brew

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Git, Python

$ brew install git python yasm

Install Go 1.4+

Install golang binaries using brew

$ brew install go
$ mkdir -p $HOME/go

Setup GOROOT and GOPATH

Add the following exports to your ~/.bashrc. Environment variable GOROOT specifies the location of your golang binaries and GOPATH specifies the location of your project workspace.

$ export GOPATH=${HOME}/go
$ export GOVERSION=$(brew list go | head -n 1 | cut -d '/' -f 6)
$ export GOROOT=$(brew --prefix)/Cellar/go/${GOVERSION}/libexec
$ export PATH=$PATH:${GOPATH}/bin