How to install the stable version of Go on Kali Linux

Check if you already have installed Go on your machine:

1. Check:

   which go
   

   Output can be:

   /usr/local/go/bin/go
   # OR
   /usr/bin/go
   

2. Remove the Golang binary:

   sudo rm -rvf [path_to_go_binary]
   sudo rm -rvf /usr/local/go/
   

3. Remove the Go bin directory from your PATH environment variable. Remove any reference on $GOPATH or $PATH export definitions in your .zprofile and .zshrc:

   vim ~/.zprofile
   vim ~/.zshrc
   

Install Go on Kali Linux:

1. To install Go visit the following address: https://golang.org/dl/
2. Download archive for Linux platform:
   
3. Untar archive to the /usr/local/ path:

   tar -C /usr/local/ -xzf go1.17.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

   -C - option is used to specify a different directory other than the current working directory
   -x - is one of the mandatory options (-c, -t, -x) which specifies the command to extract the file from an archive
   -z - optional flag, which specifies to filter the archive file through gzip. This flag is used to extract files from compressed archives. In our case, we are downloading the.tar.gz archive
   -f - option specifies the file tar command is going to work with
4. Open .zshrc file:

   vim ~/.zshrc
   

5. Go down to the end of the file and add the following entries for Go variables and Go path:

   # Go variables and path
   export GOPATH=/root/go-workspace
   export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
   PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin/:$GOPATH/bin
   

   Here we're specifying Go workspace at: /root/go-workspace
6. Save and close the file
7. Refresh zsh configuration with:

   source ~/.zshrc
   

8. Now check installed version of Go:

   go version
   

Reference

1. Uninstalling Go
2. How to uninstall Golang in 3 easy steps via terminal
3. How to uninstall Go?
4. How do I use the tar command?
5. Order of execution and purpose of .profile vs .zshrc
6. Tar command options and syntax explained
7. What does the -f parameter do in the tar command
8. How to Extract Tar Files to Specific or Different Directory in Linux