{"id":13950,"date":"2024-03-15T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-linux-execute-a-go-executable-file\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:30:55","slug":"how-does-linux-execute-a-go-executable-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-linux-execute-a-go-executable-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Go Executable on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

To run a Go executable file on Linux, you need to follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. First, make sure you have installed the Go compiler. You can check by running the following command in the terminal:<\/li>\n
  2. what is the version of Go?<\/li>\n
  3. Displaying version information for Go indicates that Go has been correctly installed.<\/li>\n
  4. Compile the Go source code into an executable file using the Go compiler. Navigate to the directory where the Go source code is located in the terminal, and run the following command:<\/li>\n
  5. Let’s get to work.<\/li>\n
  6. This will create a binary file named executable in the current directory.<\/li>\n
  7. Make sure that the generated executable file has the necessary permissions to run. You can use the following command to give executable permission to the file:<\/li>\n
  8. Make the file executable.<\/li>\n
  9. Finally, you can run the executable file using the following command:<\/li>\n
  10. .\/executable_filename<\/li>\n
  11. Please make sure you have navigated to the directory containing the executable file in the terminal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    To run a Go executable file on Linux, you need to follow these steps: First, make sure you have installed the Go compiler. You can check by running the following command in the terminal: what is the version of Go? Displaying version information for Go indicates that Go has been correctly installed. 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