Installing Go on MacOSX and Verifying It Runs

Environment

• MacOSX 10.10.3 Yosemite

Installation Steps

Install with brew

$ brew install go

Check the Go version

$ go version

Add to .bash_profile

*If you use zsh, add this to ~/.zshrc instead

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

Create a sample file (hello.go)

vim hello.go

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Printf("Hello, World\n")
}

Run the file

go run hello.go

If “Hello, World” is displayed, you’ve succeeded!
The Go installation is complete.

That’s all.