.. index:: go
.. _go:

go
==

Description
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Go is an open source programming environment developed by google.

User instructions
-----------------

go is available via the modules system.  To add it to your environment run:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ module load go/1.8.3

Help is available via the built-in help subcommand and extensive documentation is available on the `go website <http://golang.org/>`_.

.. note::

    If you are compiling go programs which fetch and install go packages, you must set the GOPATH environment variable to point to a directory (or list of directories) to which you have write access.

Source
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http://golang.org/

License
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BSD.

Admin notes
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Stand-alone binary tarballs are provided so installation was simply a matter of extracting the tarball to the desired location.  There are no external dependencies.  go requires an additional environment variable to be set, so I used the following customised base module file:

.. code-block:: lua

    cmth_std_module()
    setenv('GOROOT', get_pkg_root())