How to install Go in alpine linux
I am trying to install Go inside an Alpine Docker image. For that I downloaded tar file from here inside my alpine docker image, untar it using following command:
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.10.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
exported PATH to have go binary as:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
However, when I say go version then it says that sh: go: not found. I am quite new to alpine. Does anyone know, what I am missing here?
Steps to reproduce-
$ docker run -it alpine sh
$ wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.10.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.10.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
$ go version
Answer
The following Dockerfile worked for me. Simpler and more abstract.
FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk add --no-cache git make musl-dev go
# Configure Go
ENV GOROOT /usr/lib/go
ENV GOPATH /go
ENV PATH /go/bin:$PATH
RUN mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src ${GOPATH}/bin
# Install Glide
RUN go get -u github.com/Masterminds/glide/...
WORKDIR $GOPATH
CMD ["make"]
source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mickep76/alpine-golang/master/Dockerfile