Apr 02 2026

Installing PVS-Studio Go analyzer (pvs-golang)

Apr 02 2026

Windows
Linux
- Installation from repositories
- Manual installation
macOS
- Installer
Installation of the extension for Visual Studio Code

Windows

Download the PVS-Studio installer for Windows by the link.

To install pvs-golang, select Go analysis engine. On the installer page, you can also choose to install the GoLand plugin.

Linux

Installation from repositories

For debian-based systems

Before Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04:

wget -q -O - https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt | \
  sudo apt-key add -

sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/viva64.list \
  https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/beta/etc/viva64.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pvs-golang

Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 and newer:

wget -qO- https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt | \
  sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/viva64.gpg

sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/viva64.list \
  https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/beta/etc/viva64.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pvs-golang

For yum-based systems:

wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/viva64.repo \ 
  https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/beta/etc/viva64.repo
yum update
yum install pvs-golang

For zypper-based systems:

wget -q -O /tmp/viva64.key \
  https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt

sudo rpm --import /tmp/viva64.key
sudo zypper ar -f https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/beta/rpm viva64

sudo sed -i \
  's|enabled=1|enabled=1\ngpgkey=https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt|' \
  /etc/zypp/repos.d/viva64.repo

sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install pvs-golang

Manual installation

Download archive with the analyzer by the link.

To install, use the following command:

tar -xzf pvs-golang-VERSION.tar.gz
sudo ./install.sh

macOS

Installer

Download the .pkg installer by the link.

Run the .pkg file and follow the instructions. On the Installation Type page, click the Customize button and select the components you want to install.

Installation of the extension for Visual Studio Code

The PVS-Studio extension file is available in the .vsix format by the link.

The pvs-studio-vscode-*.vsix file is unpacked when you install the analyzer (the default path: PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PVS-Studio).

To install the extension from this file, open the Extensions tab, click the three dots in the upper-right corner, and click Install from VSIX.