This tutorial will work also to Ubuntu and similar linux distros.

Step 1 – Download

Since golang is having updates frequently, I recommend installing only from http://golang.org/doc/install, and not from apt-get, or any package other than the official site, because you will have an old release of golang tools.

Open http://golang.org/dl/ and download the lastest file to OS: linux.
Right now the last version is 1.3, so you must download go1.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz (for 64 bits computers (you probably have a 64 bits computer)). Continue reading →