How to Install GolangCI on Void Linux

GolangCI is a code quality checker tool for Go programming language. In this tutorial, we will guide you to install GolangCI on a Void Linux operating system.

Prerequisites

  • A running instance of Void Linux
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before starting, we need to update our system and install some dependencies. 

sudo xbps-install -Suy
sudo xbps-install -S make libxml2-devel libxslt-devel

Step 2: Download and Install GolangCI

Now, we are ready to download and install the GolangCI tool.

  1. Go to the GolangCI website (https://golangci.com/) and download the latest version of GolangCI based on your platform, in our case, it will be Linux.
wget https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/v1.38.0/golangci-lint-1.38.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded file using the tar command.
tar -xzf golangci-lint-1.38.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Move the extracted golangci-lint binary to /usr/local/bin.
sudo mv golangci-lint-1.38.0-linux-amd64/golangci-lint /usr/local/bin
  1. Verify that the installation was successful by running the following command.
golangci-lint version

If successful, the output should be similar to the following:

golangci-lint has version v1.38.0 built from 0e54ee69 on 2021-06-10T11:01:06Z

Step 3: Test GolangCI

Let's test the installation by running a quick test on our Go code.

  1. Create a simple Go code file.
touch main.go
  1. Open the file using a text editor and put the following code inside.
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, world")
}
  1. Save the file and run the golangci-lint command to check the code.
golangci-lint run

If successful, the output should be similar to the following:

[...]
Success! 👍

Congratulations! You have successfully installed GolangCI on Void Linux.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install GolangCI on Void Linux. GolangCI is an amazing tool that helps you improve your Go code's quality by detecting and reporting issues or errors. With GolangCI, you can make your Go code more efficient, maintainable, and easier to read.