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Install or upgrade Go on Ubuntu
# Get latest version from https://golang.org/dl/
go_version=1.9.2
sudo -v
# Clean up old versions
sudo apt-get remove golang-go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go$go_version.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xvf go$go_version.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go$go_version.linux-amd64.tar.gz
grep -q 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' ~/.bashrc || ( echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.bashrc && . ~/.bashrc )
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