Golang version update?

I am looking at installing some go packages that require golang 1.19. It appears 1.17 is what is installed. Is it possible to get that upgraded?

Or should I install it locally?

horvath the system golang is from our OS package repos so we can't upgrade that in place without possibly breaking other things.

If you need to install 1.19 then you can install it in your shell user home directory with the following commands:

mkdir ~/opt
cd ~/opt
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar zxf go1.19.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$HOME/opt/go/bin:$PATH

You could also use a version manager like asdf if you'd prefer something a bit more managed.