golang software package provides Go programming language compiler - metapackage, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install golang
golang is installed in your system.
Make ensure the golang package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golang *
You will get with golang package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | golang |
| Version | 2:1.6.1+1ubuntu2 |
| Description | Go programming language compiler - metapackage |
| Sub Section | Devel |
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