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Building from source

microq can be built from source on Linux, Windows, or macOS.

Prerequisites

  • Git
  • Golang 1.15 or newer

Building

git clone https://github.com/c16a/microq.git
cd microq
go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o binary github.com/c16a/microq/app

Cross compiling

To cross compile the microq binary to a different architecture or operating system, the GOOS and GOARCH environment variables can be used. 

# List all available os/arch combinations for cross compiling
go tool dist list

# To compile the binary for Linux ARM 64-bit, use the below
GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o binary_amd64 github.com/c16a/microq/app