Follow the instructions at https://go.dev/doc/install to download and install Go.
If you are developing on Apple Silicon (M1), you will need to:
- Use Go >= 1.16 as arm64 support was introduced in 1.16
- Download the
*-darwin-arm64binary instead of the*-darwin-amd64binary on the downloads page.
There are a few ways to manage different Go versions:
Using gvm has the benefit of automatically aliasing go to whichever version of Go you are currently using as opposed to having to use a command like go1.10.7.
gvm: Installing arm64 binaries on >= macOS 11
Until moovweb/gvm#380 is merged, gvm does not support installing arm64 binaries on >= macOS 11 (i.e. Big Sur). A workaround for this issue is to install gvm using the fork for the PR:
# Download installer script
curl -s -S -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moovweb/gvm/master/binscripts/gvm-installer
# Run installer script using feature branch from fork
SRC_REPO=https://github.com/jeremy-ebler-vineti/gvm.git bash gvm_installer feature/support-big-sur
Then, you can run the following command which should download the arm64 binary if you are on an arm64 machine:
gvm install <version> -B