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Jul 10, 2018 - Learn how to install go-ethereum, or geth, to your computer to run a node on the Ethereum test or main network.
![Geth Geth](/uploads/1/2/4/3/124395675/467744597.jpg)
All versions of Geth are built and available for download at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
The download page provides an installer as well as a zip file. The installer puts geth into yourPATH automatically. The zip file contains the command .exe files and can be used without installing.
- Download zip file
- Extract geth.exe from zip
- Open a command prompt
- chdir
- open geth.exe
Compiling geth with tools from chocolatey
The Chocolatey package manager provides an easy way to getthe required build tools installed. If you don't have chocolatey yet,follow the instructions on https://chocolatey.org to install it first.
Then open an Administrator command prompt and install the build toolswe need:
Installing these packages will set up the
Path
environment variable.Open a new command prompt to get the new Path
. The following steps don'tneed Administrator privileges.Please ensure that the installed Go version is 1.7 (or any later version).
First we'll create and set up a Go workspace directory layout,then clone the source.
OBS If, during the commands below, you get the following message:
Then that means that the
setx
command will fail, and proceeding will truncate the Path
/GOPATH
. If this happens, it's better to abort, and try to make some more room in Path
before trying again.Finally, the command to compile geth is: