How To Install golang.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. golang.x86_64 is The Go Programming Language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `golang.x86_64`

The Go Programming Language.

We can use yum to install golang.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install golang.x86_64.

Install golang.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install golang.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install golang.x86_64

How To Uninstall golang.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the golang.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove golang.x86_64

golang.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/gdbinit.d
/etc/gdbinit.d/golang.gdb
/usr/lib/golang
/usr/lib/golang/VERSION
/usr/lib/golang/api
/usr/lib/golang/api/README
/usr/lib/golang/api/except.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.1.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.10.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.11.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.12.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.13.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.14.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.15.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.16.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.2.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.3.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.4.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.5.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.6.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.7.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.8.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.9.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/go1.txt
/usr/lib/golang/api/next.txt
/usr/lib/golang/doc
/usr/lib/golang/favicon.ico
/usr/lib/golang/lib/time
/usr/lib/golang/lib/time/README
/usr/lib/golang/lib/time/update.bash
/usr/lib/golang/lib/time/zoneinfo.zip
/usr/lib/golang/robots.txt
/usr/share/doc/golang-1.16.15
/usr/share/doc/golang-1.16.15/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/golang-1.16.15/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/gocode
/usr/share/gocode/src
/usr/share/gocode/src/bitbucket.org
/usr/share/gocode/src/code.google.com
/usr/share/gocode/src/code.google.com/p
/usr/share/gocode/src/github.com
/usr/share/gocode/src/golang.org
/usr/share/gocode/src/golang.org/x
/usr/share/licenses/golang-1.16.15
/usr/share/licenses/golang-1.16.15/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/golang-1.16.15/PATENTS

References

golang.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.