Chapter 1. Go Toolset
Go Toolset is a Red Hat offering for developers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Note that Go is alternatively known as golang.
Go Toolset is distributed as a part of Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Go Toolset is available as a module for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Go Toolset is available as packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
1.1. Go Toolset components
The following components are available as a part of Go Toolset:
Name | Version | Description |
---|---|---|
golang | RHEL 7 — 1.19.6, RHEL 8 — 1.19.4, RHEL 9 — 1.19.6 | A Go compiler. |
delve | RHEL 7 — 1.9.0, RHEL 8 — 1.9.0, RHEL 9 — 1.9.0 | A Go debugger. |
1.2. Go Toolset compatibility
Go Toolset is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 on the following architectures:
- AMD and Intel 64-bit
- 64-bit ARM (RHEL 8 and RHEL 9)
- IBM Power Systems, Little Endian
- 64-bit IBM Z
1.3. Getting access to Go Toolset on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
To be able to install Go Toolset on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, you must access and enable Red Hat Developer Tools and Red Hat Software Collections repositories.
If these repositories are already attached to your system, see Installing Go Toolset.
Procedure
Install
Wget
by running:# yum install wget
Download the latest subscription data by running:
# subscription-manager refresh
Register your system by running:
# subscription-manager register
To register your system using a graphical user interface (GUI), follow the Registering and Unregistering a System guide.
Display a list of all available subscriptions and identify the pool ID by running:
# subscription-manager list --available
-
Find the pool ID on the line beginning with
Pool ID
. Attach the subscription that provides access to the
Red Hat Developer Tools
repository to your system by running:# subscription-manager attach --pool=<pool ID from the subscription>
-
Replace
<pool ID from the subscription>
with the pool ID you identified in the previous step.
-
Replace
Verify which subscriptions are attached to your system by running:
# sudo subscription-manager list --consumed
Enable the
rhel-7-variant-devtools-rpms
repository by running:# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-<variant>-devtools-rpms
Replace
<variant>
with your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system variant:server
orworkstation
.Use
server
to access the widest range of development tools.
Enable the
rhel-variant-rhscl-7-rpms
repository by running:# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-<variant>-rhscl-7-rpms
-
Replace
<variant>
with your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system variant:server
orworkstation
.
-
Replace
Add the Red Hat Developer Tools GPG key to your system by running:
# cd /etc/pki/rpm-gpg # wget -O RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-devel https://www.redhat.com/security/data/a5787476.txt # rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-devel
Additional resources
- For more information on registering your system and associating it with subscriptions, see the Red Hat Subscription Management guides collection.
1.4. Installing Go Toolset
Complete the following steps to install Go Toolset, including all dependent packages.
Prerequisites
-
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, a subscription providing access to the Red Hat Developer Tools content set is attached to your system.
To attach the subscription, see Getting access to Go Toolset on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. - All available Red Hat Enterprise Linux updates are installed.
Procedure
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, install the go-toolset-1.19
collection by running:
# yum install go-toolset-1.19
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, install the go-toolset
module by running:
# yum module install go-toolset
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, install the go-toolset
package by running:
# dnf install go-toolset
1.5. Installing Go documentation
You can install documentation for the Go programming language on your local system.
Prerequisites
-
Go Toolset is installed.
For more information, see Installing Go Toolset.
Procedure
To install the golang-docs
package, run the following command:
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:
# yum install go-toolset-1.19-golang-docs
You can find the documentation under the following path:
/opt/rh/go-toolset-1.19/root/usr/lib/go-toolset-1.19-golang/doc/go_spec.html
.On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:
# yum install golang-docs
You can find the documentation under the following path:
/usr/lib/golang/doc/go_spec.html
.On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9:
# dnf install golang-docs
You can find the documentation under the following path:
/usr/lib/golang/doc/go_spec.html
.
1.6. Additional resources
- For more information on the Go programming language, tools, and libraries, see the official Go documentation.