intall-golang-ubuntu.txt

#go to your home directory and get the golang tarball using curl
cd ~
#change "go1.16.3" to whatever version you want
curl -O https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz

#extract the download using tar and move to /user/local
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.16.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz

#set up your go paths
sudo nano ~/.bashrc

#add these at the end of the file
#change "$HOME/go" to wherever you will be doing your projects
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin

#save the file and exit

#apply the changes to your terminal
source ~/.bashrc

#you're good to Go :)