Go on NetBSD is fairly stable on the architectures below. However, some bugs remain; see the issue tracker for details.
| Kernel version | Architectures | Initial support version | Final support version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 or above | amd64, arm, 386 | ||
| 7.0 through 7.1 | amd64, arm, 386 | Go 1.3 * | |
| 6.0 through 6.1 | amd64, arm, 386 | Go 1.3 * | Go 1.9.7 |
| 5.0 through 5.2 (EOL) | amd64, 386 | Go 1 | Go 1.2.2 |
* Go 1.5 or above is recommended.
Support for the arm64 architecture is a work in progress, see https://go.dev/issue/30824.
pkgsrc, the NetBSD package collection, contains up-to-date packages for released Go versions. The packages contain the version in the name (e.g. lang/go113) so that multiple versions can be installed in parallel. lang/go is a meta-package that always depends on the default go version.
Note that the go binary name is also installed with a version suffix. Install the pkgtools/pkg_alternatives package to get a go command symlink in your PATH.
There are a number of packages for software written in Go in pkgsrc. At the moment, module-based builds are experimental, and packages are built using a GOPATH layout.
make package-install clean in /usr/pkgsrc/shells/bash and /usr/pkgsrc/devel/git.pkgin install bash git