How to Install Golang in Kali Linux

Golang (Go) is a programming language that are becoming more and more popular and I have seen many interesting tools that are written in Go. Since Go are not being installed by default in Kali Linux I thought that publishing a quick-start guide could be a good idea.

1. Start by open your web browser and visit https://golang.org/dl/
   
2. Download the latest version for Linux – “gox.xx.x.linux-amd64.tar.gz”
   
   
3. Open your terminal and navigate to your downloads folder
   cd /root/Downloads
4. Extract the files
   tar -C /usr/local/ -xzf go1.13.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
5. Add variables for GO by modifying “~/.bashrc”
   vim ~/.bashrc
   Add the following paths to the end of the file
   export GOPATH=/root/go-workspace
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin/:$GOPATH/bin
6. Now we need to refresh the bashrc to get the updated variables
   source ~/.bashrc
7. Now we just need to verify that everything is correct configured and we can do that by creating a simple ‘hello world’ program in Go.
   vim helloworld.go
   Add the following code to the file:
   package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Printf("Hello world!\n")
}
Then save the file and try to run the program:
   go run helloworld.go
   If everything was configured correctly you should see something like this:
   
   
   You are now ready to use Golang on your Kali Linux machine!