Steps only for Ubuntu. Other OS quick installation guide coming up soon! So, this article is useful when you are in hurry and obviously, want to trust me :) There are basically two ways to install golang - one is using the classical apt-get method and the other one is installing from source. he First method $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install golang This will pretty much do the thing. Just two commands. You can verify the installation just by checking this: $ go env GOROOT This command will output the directory name where go is installed. Usually, it will show /usr/lib/go. You can check go version: $ go version go version go1.5.1 linux/amd64 You are set to use golang. Please don't forget to configure $GOPATH and $GOBIN directories explained below. Note: This method will install go version which is included in os package. If you need to install particular version o...