Experiments on GNU/Linux

Go is a compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google Inc.

Below is a simple script to intsall it:


#!/bin/bash
# Save the pwd
cwd=`pwd`
# Set the env
cat >> ~/.profile << EOT
export GOROOT=$HOME/go
export GOOS=linux
export GOARCH=`arch`
export GOBIN=$HOME/bin
EOT
# Set the Path
cat >> ~/.bashrc << EOT
export PATH=${PATH}:$GOBIN
EOT
# Source them
source ~/.profile
source ~/.bashrc
# Build deps
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential mercurial bison gcc libc6-dev ed make
# Check out the source
hg clone -r release https://go.googlecode.com/hg/ $GOROOT
# Build the source
cd $GOROOT/src ; ./all.bash
# Get back
cd $cwd

Note: File attached with this post
Testing
$ cat >hello.go <
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Printf("Hello, GO!\n")
}
EOF
$ 6g hello.go
$ 6l hello.6
$ ./6.out

With ggcgo
$ gccgo hello.go
$ a.out

Note:
6g => amd64; 386 => 8 and arm => 5.
Updating

$ cd $GOROOT/src
$ hg pull
$ hg update release
$ ./all.bash

Keep GOing :)