golang-github-vishvananda-netl software package provides netlink library 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-vishvananda-netl
golang-github-vishvananda-netl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the golang-github-vishvananda-netl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golang-github-vishvananda-netl*
You will get with golang-github-vishvananda-netl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | golang-github-vishvananda-netl |
| Version | 0.0~git20150820.0.1e2e08e-1 |
| Description | netlink library for go |
| Sub Section | Devel |