# Installation

> NumKong for Go

The Go binding links the prebuilt static NumKong library through cGo, so programs carry it whole.
Install `libnumkong_static.a` from the latest release, the `.deb` on Linux or the archive on macOS, or build it with `cmake --build --preset release_shared --target numkong_static` and copy it next to the Go sources.
An archive elsewhere, like the one `NUMKONG_LIBRARY_DIR` names for the Rust crate, links through `CGO_LDFLAGS="-L$NUMKONG_LIBRARY_DIR"`.

Import the subpackage from the root module:

    import nk "github.com/ashvardanian/NumKong/golang"

The module path is `github.com/ashvardanian/NumKong`.
The Go binding lives under `github.com/ashvardanian/NumKong/golang`.

CGO must be enabled (the default).
Any C99-capable compiler that cGo supports works: GCC or Clang, and MinGW-w64 on Windows.