Using Go Tools

This is primarily focused on folks who don’t use Go tooling everyday, but want to use the Go tools. Maybe you need help getting up and running?

Go Binaries

Tools that can compile to a Go binary, such as CLI tools or a web server, can be installed from source easily by running go install.

However, you require a few things to do this.

• Go installed 😀
  • Using aqua makes this easy.
• Although the binaries are dropped into a path, it’s not in your PATH by default. Hence, you need to ensure that your shell of choice has this path added for global discovery of the binaries.
  • Ensure binaries can be found. export PATH="$(go env GOPATH)/bin:${PATH}"
• Knowledge of the correct invocation method.

Setup Path Variables So Go Tooling Can Be Found

=== “linux/darwin”

```shell title="linux (.zshenv, .bashrc, etc)"
# If using private, then you can set something like this: export GOPRIVATE=dev.azure.com
export GOPATH="${HOME}/go"
export GOBIN="${HOME}/go/bin"
export PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
```

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  if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -ne 'Core') {
    Write-Warning "Please use PowerShell Core 7+ for this to work"
    return
  }
  # If using private, then you can set something like this: [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('GOPRIVATE', 'dev.azure.com', 'Machine')
  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('GOPATH', (Join-Path $Home 'go'), 'Machine')
  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('GOBIN', (Join-Path $Home 'go' 'bin'), 'Machine')
  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH', ((Join-Path $Home 'go' 'bin'), $ENV:PATH -join [IO.Path]::PathSeparator), 'Machine')
  New-Item -Path (Join-Path $Home 'go') -ItemType Directory -Force -EA 0
  Write-Host "Shutdown Terminal and reopen for this to take effect 🙏" -ForegroundColor Green