How to Install Golang on WSL/WSL2
If you need to install Golang on WSL under Windows 10 or higher, you can follow these few steps.
First remove any old versions lying around
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Determine the latest Go version
Go to https://golang.org/dl/ and find out what the latest version is. At the time of writing this, Go is on version 1.16.
Install Go
Make sure to replace 1.16
below with the updated version as required.
Add Go to your environment profile
Open ~/.bashrc
and add the following. Remember to update the 1.16
to the version you installed.
You will now be able to run Go by typing go
in the WSL terminal.