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Install Go on Windows

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Install Go on Windows

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- [Instructor] To install the Go development tools on Windows, go to this webpage at golang.org/dl. You'll see links for all of the supported operating systems, plus one for the source code if you want to compile and build Go yourself. For Windows, I recommend using the MSI file. It's a binary installer, and when you click it, it'll download to your computer, and you'll see this screen that has some basic instructions for the installation. Now I've already downloaded the installer to my desktop, so I'll double click it to start up. I'll walk through the first couple of screens, and then I'll indicate where I want to install the Go development tools. The default is in the Go directory under the C drive route. I'll go to the next screen, click Install, and then if I see a security prompt, I'll accept it. It'll take just a moment to copy all the files over. Now, the reason that security prompt was needed was because the…

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