minio/INSTALLGO.md

Ubuntu (Kylin) 14.04

Build Dependencies

This installation document assumes Ubuntu 14.04+ on x86-64 platform.

Install Git, GCC

$ sudo apt-get install git build-essential

Install Go 1.5+

Download Go 1.5+ from https://golang.org/dl/.

$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ mkdir -p ${HOME}/bin/
$ mkdir -p ${HOME}/go/
$ tar -C ${HOME}/bin/ -xzf go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Setup GOROOT and GOPATH

Add the following exports to your ~/.bashrc. Environment variable GOROOT specifies the location of your golang binaries and GOPATH specifies the location of your project workspace.

export GOROOT=${HOME}/bin/go
export GOPATH=${HOME}/go
export PATH=$PATH:${HOME}/bin/go/bin:${GOPATH}/bin

Source the new enviornment

$ source ~/.bashrc

Testing it all

$ go env

OS X (Yosemite) 10.10

Build Dependencies

This installation document assumes OS X Yosemite 10.10+ on x86-64 platform.

Install brew

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Git, Python

$ brew install git python

Install Go 1.5+

Install golang binaries using brew

$ brew install go
$ mkdir -p $HOME/go

Setup GOROOT and GOPATH

Add the following exports to your ~/.bash_profile. Environment variable GOROOT specifies the location of your golang binaries and GOPATH specifies the location of your project workspace.

export GOPATH=${HOME}/go
export GOVERSION=$(brew list go | head -n 1 | cut -d '/' -f 6)
export GOROOT=$(brew --prefix)/Cellar/go/${GOVERSION}/libexec
export PATH=$PATH:${GOPATH}/bin

Source the new enviornment

$ source ~/.bash_profile

Testing it all

$ go env