Cross compile Go on OSX?

Question

I am trying to cross-compile a go app on OSX to build binaries for windows and linux. I have read everything what I could find on the net. Closest example that I have found

Answer 1

The process of creating executables for many platforms can be a little tedious, so I suggest to use a script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

package=$1
if [[ -z "$package" ]]; then
  echo "usage: $0 "
  exit 1
fi
package_name=$package

#the full list of the platforms: https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
platforms=(
"darwin/386"
"dragonfly/amd64"
"freebsd/386"
"freebsd/amd64"
"freebsd/arm"
"linux/386"
"linux/amd64"
"linux/arm"
"linux/arm64"
"netbsd/386"
"netbsd/amd64"
"netbsd/arm"
"openbsd/386"
"openbsd/amd64"
"openbsd/arm"
"plan9/386"
"plan9/amd64"
"solaris/amd64"
"windows/amd64"
"windows/386" )

for platform in "${platforms[@]}"
do
    platform_split=(${platform//\// })
    GOOS=${platform_split[0]}
    GOARCH=${platform_split[1]}
    output_name=$package_name'-'$GOOS'-'$GOARCH
    if [ $GOOS = "windows" ]; then
        output_name+='.exe'
    fi

    env GOOS=$GOOS GOARCH=$GOARCH go build -o $output_name $package
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo 'An error has occurred! Aborting the script execution...'
        exit 1
    fi
done

I checked this script on OSX only

gist - go-executable-build.sh