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godl

Godl is a CLI tool used to download and install go binary releases on mac. It supports both Intel and M1 macs.

Build Status Coverage Status

Download and Install

To download and install a specific version of godl, copy and paste the installation command:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dikaeinstein/godl/master/get.sh | sh -s -- v0.18.0

Install with Go

go install github.com/dikaeinstein/godl

Build From Source

Prerequisites for building from source are:

  • make
  • Go 1.18+
git clone https://github.com/dikaeinstein/godl
cd godl
make build

If you've have setup your $GOPATH or $GOBIN correctly, you should have godl command in your $PATH.

To check the $GOPATH and $GOBIN; run go env

Run godl version to verify.

Run godl help to get help and see available options

Subcommands

godl supports autocomplete for all subcommands

  • completion — Generates completion scripts for bash or zsh
  • download — Download go binary archive
  • help — Help about any command
  • install — Installs the specified go binary release version
  • list|ls — List the downloaded versions
  • list-remote|ls-remote — List available remote versions
  • update - Checks for updates.
  • version — Show the godl version information

Typical Usage (example)

To download and install go1.20:

 # To download only
godl download 1.20

 # To download and install if the given version is already downloaded.
sudo godl install 1.20

Then run

go version
output: go version go1.20 darwin/amd64 // or something similar

Improvement

  • update sub command to install latest version or specific version (tip: exec get.sh)
  • support M1 Macs

Contributing

You can take a shot at the suggested improvements from the README. Also follow the convention from the contribution.md