gocode software package provides Go autocompletion daemon, 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 gocode
gocode is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gocode package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gocode *
You will get with gocode package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | gocode |
| Version | 20150303-3 |
| Description | Go autocompletion daemon |
| Sub Section | Devel |