Golang Installation Guide

Removing the previous version of go (if any)

sudo snap remove go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go

Downloading the latest version of Golang

sudo snap install go --classic
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Extracting the new version to /usr/local

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.23.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Opening your shell config

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

Updating your PATH variable. Go to the very end of the file and add this:

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin

Run this in the terminal to reload your shell config

source ~/.bashrc

Check your new version

go version