| ## Install package `golang` |
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| The `golang` Debian package may have already made its way into your Ubuntu distribution. Try this: |
| |
| ``` |
| sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-lxc/lxd-stable |
| sudo apt-get update |
| sudo apt-get install golang |
| ``` |
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| Note there is golang in Ubuntu but it is not up to date. An up-to-date version may be found at |
| https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lxc/+archive/ubuntu/lxd-stable |
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| That is all you need to get `go` working on your system. (You can use `go env GOROOT` to be sure where the Go files are, if you're curious.) Don't forget to create your GOPATH. |
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| ## If that didn't work |
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| See http://blog.labix.org/2013/06/15/in-flight-deb-packages-of-go |
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| Using the GVM for installation and compile natively. |
| |
| ## compile native |
| http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/install-golang-on-ubuntu/ |
| |
| ## How to uninstall from the apt manager Uninstall just golang-go from [Universe](http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/vivid/universe/index.html) |
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| ### This will remove just the golang-go package itself. |
| `sudo apt-get remove golang-go` |
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| ### Uninstall golang-go and its dependencies |
| `sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove golang-go` |
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| ### Purging your config/data too |
| `sudo apt-get purge golang-go` or `sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove golang-go` |
| |
| ### install for 1.7.1 |
| I recommend to check out this [note](http://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/centos-how-tos/install-go-1-7-ubuntu-16-04-14-04-centos-7-fedora-24.html). |
| |
| ### Download the package |
| `wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz` |
| ### extract the package |
| `sudo tar -zxvf go1.7.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/` |
| ### Added by Go Path |
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| `echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> ~/.bashrc` |
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| `echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc` |
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| `echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bashrc` |
