How to install the current version of Go in Ubuntu Precise

Question

Running sudo apt-get install golang-stable, I get Go version go1.0.3. Is there any way to install go1.1.1?

Answer 1

[October 2015] Answer because the current accepted answersudo apt-get install golang isn't uptodate and if you don't want to install GVM follow these steps.

Step by step installation:

1. Download the latest version here (OS: Linux).
2. Open your terminal and go to your Downloads directory
3. sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz
4. Add go to your path export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
5. go version to check the current version installed
6. Start programming.

Possible errors + fixes: (to be updated)

If you get a go version xgcc (Ubuntu 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1 linux/amd64 then you did something wrong, so check out this post: Go is printing xgcc version but not go installed version