getgo checks https://golang.org/dl/?mode=json to download the latest stable version of Go and verify its checksum. The tool won't download the binary if a verified one already exists locally.
It is command line utility with an experimental GUI mode that is only half-baked.
Pre-built binaries are available in the releases section where you can find the binary and the sha256sum file.
To verify the binary against the sha256sum, download both files and:
sha256sum --check <shafile name>
If you already have Go installed:
go get lazyhacker.dev/getgo
Example of build command for the CLI and GUI version can be found in build.sh.
Just run getgo to download the most recent stable archive for the platform it
is running from. To also extract the archive run it with the '-x' flag:
getgo -x <dir to extract to>
On Windows, getgo can be told to download the installer with:
getgo -kind installer
To download to a specific directory:
getgo -dir ~/Downloads
To download another OS and/or arch version, use the '-os' and the '-arch' flags:
getgo -os windows -arch amd64
To get help info:
getgo -help
I use getgo make it easier for me to download Go when a new release comes out.
Instead of:
- Download Go from golang.org.
- Verify the checksum.
- Delete the installed version of Go.
- Untar the downloaded .tar.gz.
It becomes:
sudo rm /usr/local/go
sudo getgo -x /usr/local
I'm experimenting with building GUI apps with Go. Fyne is a cross-platform Go GUI toolkit that I started testing.
To try the Fyne version (require installing Fyne and its dependencies):
go get lazyhacker.dev/getgo
go run -tags gui lazyhacker.dev/getgo