It doesn't replace the default "go" binary, but creates a new versioned one in the usual go-install path (~/go/bin, which a lot of folks add to their PATH). So you have to type "go1.19beta1" instead of "go":
$ which go1.19beta1 /home/duke/go/bin/go1.19beta1 $ go1.19beta1 version go version go1.19beta1 linux/amd64 -Ben On Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 3:11:20 PM UTC+12 Duke wrote: > On Friday, June 10, 2022 at 11:51:02 a.m. UTC-6 anno...@golang.org wrote: > >> >> If you have Go installed already, the easiest way to try go1.19beta1 >> is by using the go command: >> $ go install golang.org/dl/go1.19beta1@latest >> $ go1.19beta1 download >> > I did this on my Linux distro, but nothing happened! Where does it get > DLed to? > `which go' is the old version still. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/d4e0e17f-d03b-4a67-b37f-d532690d4fcan%40googlegroups.com.
