GolangWSL.md

0. Remove any existing versions for a clean slate:

sudo apt-get remove golang-go
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go

1. Download and Install. Here I install version 1.14.2:

wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvf go1.14.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv go /usr/local

2. Configure environment variables in /etc/profile:

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

3. Verify:

go version

4. Create required GOPATH folders:

cd $HOME/go
mkdir bin pkg src

5. Test Compilation:

mkdir github.com/karansinghgit/hello -p
cd github.com/karansinghgit/hello
go mod init 
touch main.go

6. Write the code -->

package main

import "fmt"

func main(){
	fmt.Println("hello")
}

7. Run the file: go run main.go

8. Enjoy