[Golang] How to setup Go in mac

Installation

❯ brew intstall go

When installed, run go version to see the installed version of Go.

❯ go version
go version go1.17.6 darwin/arm64

Setup worksapce

The GOPATH environment variable specifies the location of your workspace.

It defaults to a directory named go inside your home directory.

❯ go env GOPATH
$HOME/go

add GOPATH to your shell/bash/zsh initialization file .bash_profile, .bashrc or .zshrc.

export GOPATH=$HOME/myproject/goworkspace

And add GOPATH/bin directory to your PATH environment to run Go programs anywhere.

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin