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set

"set" allows you to set a version of Go to use globally or locally.

$ rodent set
Usage: rodent set [options] <version>
       -g  Set version globally
       -l  Directory/Workspace level version

Example:

rodent set -g go1.4

By default the version of go in-use would be 1.4, however you can temporarily change the version in your current shell by executing the following command:

rodent set -l go1.3.3

init

By default rodent's initialization occurs when you execute the "go" command to avoid performing eval calls whenever you use your shell with any commands. Sometimes, it is useful to work in a shell with the Go environment variables already set and inherited (i.e: vim, godoc etc.). For this, you may execute the following:

rodent init

to initialize your current shell. To do it automatically you may as well set "rodent init" in your shell profile file.

install

"install" allows you to install a specific version of Go.

$ rodent install
Usage: rodent install [options] <version>
       -s  Set the version globally after install
       -p  Cross-compile for a specific platform
       -f  Force installation

       -l  List all available versions

A specific page in this wiki is reserved for cross-compilation, so for now this section will skip this.

list all installable versions

$ rodent install -l

Currently rodent sources a file which contains the up-to-date list of all Golang releases. However it can happen that there is a delay between the release file being updated by the time upstream publishes a new release of Go; for this special case, "rodent install" will also accept a Go version not listed in the above output.

versions

$ rodent versions

Output:

$ rodent versions
  go1.3.2
i go1.3.3
  go1.4

The line with the tag "i" signals the version currently in-use either globally or locally.

uninstall

$ rodent uninstall

Example:

$ rodent uninstall go1.3.2