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

1. Download say, go1.6beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz from https://golang.org/dl/ into /tmp

wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.6beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/go1.6beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

2. un-tar into /usr/local/bin

sudo tar -zxvf go1.6beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/

3. Set GOROOT, GOPATH, [on ubuntu add following to ~/.bashrc]

mkdir ~/go export GOPATH=~/go export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin export GOROOT=/usr/local/bin/go export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin

4. Verify

go version should show be

go version go1.6beta1 linux/amd64

go env should show be

GOARCH="amd64" GOBIN="" GOEXE="" GOHOSTARCH="amd64" GOHOSTOS="linux" GOOS="linux" GOPATH="/home/vats/go" GORACE="" GOROOT="/usr/local/bin/go" GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/bin/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64" GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT="1" CC="gcc" GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0" CXX="g++" CGO_ENABLED="1"