diff --git a/golang/goinstall.sh b/golang/goinstall.sh
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+++ b/golang/goinstall.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+# set -e
+
+function get_platform () {
+
+ local OS
+ local ARCH
+ local PLATFORM
+
+  OS="$(uname -s)"
+  ARCH="$(uname -m)"
+
+  case $OS in
+      "Linux")
+          case $ARCH in
+          "x86_64")
+              ARCH=amd64
+              ;;
+          "aarch64")
+              ARCH=arm64
+              ;;
+          "armv6")
+              ARCH=armv6l
+              ;;
+          "armv8")
+              ARCH=arm64
+              ;;
+          .*386.*)
+              ARCH=386
+              ;;
+          esac
+          PLATFORM="linux-$ARCH"
+      ;;
+      "Darwin")
+          PLATFORM="darwin-amd64"
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  echo $PLATFORM
+}
+
+## START INSTALL
+PLATFORM=$(get_platform)
+if [ -z "$PLATFORM" ]; then
+    echo "Your operating system is not supported by this install script."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+module_load block
+[ ! "$(module_loaded block)" ] && echo unable to load block module, exiting && exit 1
+module_load confirm
+
+declare ENV_TYPE="u" # Which shell repo for the block
+declare ENV_FILE  # override shell repo location
+# u=user h=host n=network b=base
+# by default it is installed in userspace
+# local versions of these
+declare goroot
+declare gopath
+
+declare OPTION
+declare OPTARG
+declare OPTIND
+
+while getopts 'e:f:r:p:' OPTION; do
+    # echo $OPTION $OPTARG
+  case "$OPTION" in
+    f)
+      ENV_FILE=$OPTARG
+      echo explicing setting block to $ENV_FILE
+      ;;
+    e)
+      ENV_TYPE=$OPTARG
+      echo
+      ;;
+    r)
+      goroot=$OPTARG
+      echo setting root $goroot
+      ;;
+    p)
+      gopath=$OPTARG
+      echo setting path $gopath
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo unknown option $OPTION
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ))
+
+if [[ ! $ENV_FILE ]]; then
+  FILE=lang/go
+  case $ENV_TYPE in
+  # h=host n=network b=base
+  "h")
+     [[ -d $BASH_SHELL_HOST/$(hostname) ]] && ENV_FILE=$BASH_SHELL_HOST/$(hostname)/$FILE
+     ;&
+  "m")
+    [[ -d $BASH_SHELL_HOST/all ]] && ENV_FILE=$BASH_SHELL_HOST/all/$FILE
+    ;&
+  "n")
+      ([[ -d $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK/$NETWORKNAME ]] && [[ ! $ENV_FILE ]]) && ENV_FILE=$BASH_SHELL_NETWORK/$NETWORKNAME/$FILE
+    ;&
+  "b")
+    ([[ -d $BASH_SHELL_BASE ]] && [[ ! $ENV_FILE ]]) && ENV_FILE=$BASH_SHELL_BASE/$FILE
+      ;;
+  esac
+    [[ ! $ENV_FILE ]] && ENV_FILE=$HOME/.bashrc # default is userspace
+fi
+
+if [[ ! $goroot ]]; then
+  goroot=$GOROOT
+  if [[ ! $goroot ]]; then
+    [[ $ENV_TYPE = "u" ]] && goroot="$HOME/go" || goroot="/opt/go"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ ! $gopath ]]; then
+  gopath=$GOPATH
+  if [[ ! $gopath ]]; then
+    [[ $ENV_TYPE = "u" ]] && gopath="$HOME/go/apps" || gopath="/opt/go/apps"
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo --- go environment settings are -----
+echo GOROOT: $goroot
+echo GOPATH: $gopath
+echo ---------------------------------------
+
+goenv=('export GOROOT='"$goroot"'\n'
+'export PATH=$PATH:'"$goroot"'/bin\n'
+'export GOPATH='"$gopath"'\n'
+'export PATH=$PATH:'"$gopath"'/bin')
+
+echo ==== envionrment block is ====
+printf "${goenv[*]}\n"
+echo =========================================
+echo environment block file is $ENV_FILE
+confirm Do you want to continue || exit 1
+
+set_block -f $ENV_FILE -n "Go Language Environment"
+
+if [[ $1 = remove ]]; then
+   confirm Do you really want to remove the go installation? || exit
+   remove_block
+   confirm Delete directory $gopath??? && rm -rf $gopath
+   confirm Delete directory $goroot??? && rm -rf $goroot
+   exit
+fi
+
+  # the github api doesn't show any release records to had to grab this way
+VERSION=$(echo "$(wget -qO- https://github.com/golang/go/tags)" | sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'| sed '/^\s*$/d'| grep release-branch| awk '{ print $2 }'|grep -v runtime|sort -V|tail -1|cut -c 3-)
+if [[ $(which go) ]]; then
+  INSTALLED_VERSION=$(echo $(go version)| awk '{print $3}' | cut -c 3-)
+  # INSTALLED_VERSION=1.15.2 # this is for testing, comment out for production
+  echo installed: $INSTALLED_VERSION available: $VERSION
+  if [ "$INSTALLED_VERSION" == "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo Installed Version $INSTALLED_VERSION is current nothing to do, exiting
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$goroot" ]; then
+    echo "The Go install directory ($goroot) already exists. "
+    confirm Do you want to upgrade to $VERSION? || exit
+fi
+
+echo installing version $VERSION ......
+
+PACKAGE_NAME="go$VERSION.$PLATFORM.tar.gz"
+TEMP_DIRECTORY=$(mktemp -d)
+
+echo "Downloading $PACKAGE_NAME ..."
+if hash wget 2>/dev/null; then
+    wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/$PACKAGE_NAME -O "$TEMP_DIRECTORY/go.tar.gz"
+else
+    curl -o "$TEMP_DIRECTORY/go.tar.gz" https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/$PACKAGE_NAME
+fi
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Download failed! Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Extracting File..."
+mkdir -p "$goroot"
+# TODO set correct permissions here if necessary
+
+tar -C "$goroot" --strip-components=1 -xzf "$TEMP_DIRECTORY/go.tar.gz"
+
+
+echo done installing go binary and support files
+rm -rf $TEMP_DIRECTORY
+echo making go workspace directories
+
+mkdir -p "${gopath}/"{src,pkg,bin}
+# TODO set correct permission if all have access
+
+echo "Configuring GO environment in: $ENV_FILE"
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname $ENV_FILE)"
+touch "$ENV_FILE"
+add_block
+block_add_line "${goenv[*]}"
+# echo ---------contents of $ENV_FILE------------------
+# cat $ENV_FILE
+# echo ------------------------------------------------
+
+echo -e "\nGo $VERSION was installed into $goroot.\n(re)start a new shell environment to take effect"
diff --git a/golang/install b/golang/install
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+++ b/golang/install
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+# unset GOROOT
+# unset GOPATH
+# by sourcing instead of running it will preserve changes to env
+source ./goinstall.sh -e m
+# source ./install/goinstall.sh -p gopathtest
diff --git a/golang/user-remove b/golang/user-remove
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+++ b/golang/user-remove
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+# unset GOROOT
+# unset GOPATH
+# by sourcing instead of running it will preserve changes to env
+source ./goinstall.sh remove