This guide is what I did to get Golang setup on my Mac machine.
Assumptions
You use the following:
asdfzshrc
Install Golang
From asdf-golang
asdf plugin add golang https://github.com/asdf-community/asdf-golang.git
# install latest golang version
asdf install golang latest
# set the glboal version for golang to latest
asdf global golang latest
# reshim
asdf reshim golang
Add GOROOT in your shell's initialisation
GOROOT is the environment variable that specifics the location of the Go installation
Add the following to ~/.zshrc
. ~/.asdf/plugins/golang/set-env.zsh
This will ensure that GOROOT and GOPATH is set each time you run your terminal
-
GOROOT: specifies location of the Go installation directory (e.g. compiler, linker, standard library) -
GOPATH: specifies location of your workspace. Workspace is a directory hierachy with three directories:src,pkg,bin
You can see what set-env.zsh does:
$ cat ~/.asdf/plugins/golang/set-env.zsh
asdf_update_golang_env() {
local go_bin_path
go_bin_path="$(asdf which go 2>/dev/null)"
if [[ -n "${go_bin_path}" ]]; then
export GOROOT
GOROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "${go_bin_path:A}")")"
export GOPATH
GOPATH="$(dirname "${GOROOT:A}")/packages"
fi
}
autoload -U add-zsh-hook
add-zsh-hook precmd asdf_update_golang_env
Update your currently opened terminal to use latest ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
Check to see if GOROOT and GOPATH is set
> echo $GOROOT
/Users/username/.asdf/installs/golang/1.22.5/go
> echo $GOPATH
/Users/username/.asdf/installs/golang/1.22.5/packages
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