Go setup on linux

Install

GO_VERSION=1.8.3
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
mkdir -p ~/opt
tar -C ~/opt -xzf go*linux-amd64.tar.gz

Configure environment

# vi ~/.bashrc
export GOROOT=~/opt/go
export GOPATH=~/go
export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin

Test

$ go version