Go Installation Install in Linux or Ubuntu
Example
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git curl wget
$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go<versions>.gz
You can find the version lists here.
# To install go1.7 use
$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
# Untar the file
$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/go
$ rm go1.5.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Update $GOPATH
$ mkdir $HOME/go
Add following two lines at the end of the ~/.bashrc file
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
$ nano ~/.bashrc
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
$ source ~/.bashrc
Now are set to go, test your go version using:
$ go version
go version go<version> linux/amd64
