golang-go software package provides Go programming language compiler, linker, compiled stdlib, 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-go
golang-go is installed in your system.
Make ensure the golang-go package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golang-go *
You will get with golang-go package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | golang-go |
| Version | 2:1.6-1ubuntu4 |
| Description | Go programming language compiler, linker, compiled stdlib |
| Sub Section | Devel |