In this tutorial, we will install the latest version of Go on Debian 12 and run a test application to test it out.

1. Let's update all packages

apt update
apt upgrade

2. Download the latest version of Go

Let's copy the link to the latest distribution by going to https://go.dev/dl/.

2.1 Download and unpack the archive

wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.21.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

2.2 Add a variable to the profile file

echo "export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}" | sudo tee -a $HOME/.profile
source $HOME/.profile

2.3 Let's check the version

go version

go1.21.5 linux/amd64

3. Let's create a test application

mkdir go-hello
nano go-hello/hello.go

package main

import "fmt"

func main() { fmt.Printf("Hello, World\n") }

nano go-hello/go.mod

module example.com/mod

3.1 Let's compile our program

cd go-hello
go build
./mod

Hello, World!

Ready.