gccgo-5 software package provides GNU Go compiler, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gccgo-5
gccgo-5 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gccgo-5 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gccgo-5 *
You will get with gccgo-5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | gccgo-5 |
| Version | 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4 [amd64, |
| Description | GNU Go compiler |
| Sub Section | Devel |