Go in Termux – Installation & Basic Commands

Go (Golang) is a fast and modern programming language developed by Google. It is widely used for tools, APIs, servers, and automation. Termux allows you to install Go easily on your Android phone so you can compile and run Go programs just like on a Linux system. Below are the installation steps and basic commands.

Installation

Update Termux packages:

pkg update && pkg upgrade -y

pkg update && pkg upgrade -y

Install Go:

pkg install golang -y

pkg install golang -y

Check Go version:

go version

go version

Create a Go file:

nano hello.go

nano hello.go

Add this code:

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello Termux!")
}

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello Termux!")
}

Run the program:

go run hello.go

go run hello.go

Build a binary (executable):

go build hello.go

go build hello.go

Run the compiled file:

./hello

./hello

Basic Commands

Run any Go file:

go run filename.go

go run filename.go

Build a Go program:

go build filename.go

go build filename.go

Install a Go package:

go install package-url

go install package-url

Download module dependencies:

go mod tidy

go mod tidy

Initialize a Go module:

go mod init module-name

go mod init module-name

Show Go environment info:

go env

go env

Uninstall Go:

pkg uninstall golang

pkg uninstall golang