Installing GO (Golang) v1.17.1 on Z-Linux (s390x)

7/16/2022 0 Comments

Please follow the given steps for installing Golang v1.17.1 on zLinux (s390x):

1. From your home directory execute:                 wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.17.1.linux-s390x.tar.gz

2. Execute: chmod ugo+r go1.17.1.linux-s390x.tar.gz

3. Extract using: sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.1.linux-s390x.tar.gz

4. Define a symlink /usr/bin/go pointing to -> /usr/local/go/bin/go using the command: sudo ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go (The directory /usr/bin must be specified in your PATH env variable. Else add it to the PATH)

5. Verify that go is installed with: go version