Install golang on raspberry pi

rpi_golangInstall.sh

#!/bin/bash
# derivative work
# credit: chrisvdg (https://codegists.com/snippet/shell/install-golang-armv6sh_chrisvdg_shell)

echo "Dowloading Go"
wget --no-check-certificate https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
echo "extracting Go"
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.9.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
 
# cleanup
echo "extracting Go download file"
rm go1.9.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
 
echo "Setting up Go evironment"
mkdir ~/go ~/go/src ~/go/bin ~/go/pkg
 
echo "Setting up Go evironmental variables"
echo "" >> ~/.profile
echo "# golang" >> ~/.profile
echo "export GOPATH=~/go" >> ~/.profile 

## Don't think GOSRC is needed
#echo "export GOSRC=~/go/src" >> ~/.profile

echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.profile
 
# source the new exports
source ~/.profile