How can I compile a Go program?

Question

I got Go to compile:

0 known bugs; 0 unexpected bugs

and typed in the "hello world":

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
  fmt.Printf("Hello, 世界\n")
}

Then I tried to compile it, but it wouldn't go:

$ 8c gotest2
gotest2:1 not a function
gotest2:1 syntax error, last name: main

This is going on on Ubuntu Linux on Pentium. Go installed and passed its tests. So where did I go wrong? Can someone tell me where to go from here?

I also tried this program:

package main

import fmt "fmt"  // Package implementing formatted I/O.


func main() {
    fmt.Printf("Hello, world; or Καλημέρα κόσμε; or こんにちは 世界\n");
}

But this was also no go _{(must stop making go puns)}:

$ 8c gotest3.go
gotest3.go:1 not a function
gotest3.go:1 syntax error, last name: main

Answer 1

Also you seem to be missing an fmt

import fmt "fmt"

as found in the tutorial in the first answer's link

Ah, I see you have tried that now...

Answer 2

You're using 8c, which is the c compiler. 8g will compile go, and 8l will link.