Install Go in Windows 10 Home

1. For Windows users, the Go project provides two installation options (except from the source code installation): The ZIP archive requires you to set some environment variables, and the experimental MSI installer will automatically configure your installation. Open URL:https://studygolang.com/dl, download the MSI installer, as shown in Figure 1

Figure 1

2. Download the file: go1.13.4.windows-amd64.msi, right-click -> install, as shown in Figure 2

Figure 2

3. Install the Go programming language AMD64 go1.13.4 to:, use the default value: C:\Go\ , as shown in Figure 3

Figure 3

4. Test your installation and check whether the GO is installed correctly by building a simple program. The specific operations are as follows:

5. First create a file called hello.go and save the following code in it:

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Printf("hello, world\n")
}

6. Then run it through the Go tool in Windows PowerShell:

PS E:\wwwroot\go> go run hello.go
hello, world

7. If you see the “Hello, World” message, then your Go has been installed correctly. as shown in Figure 4

Figure 4