golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf software package provides GELF library and writer for Go, 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 golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf
golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf is installed in your system.
Make ensure the golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf*
You will get with golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | golang-github-graylog2-go-gelf |
| Version | 0.0~git20150610.0.6c62a85-1 |
| Description | GELF library and writer for Go |
| Sub Section | Devel |