Quick & Easy: Install Golang 1.7 on Ubuntu 16.04

• apt-get remove golang --purge
• wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
• sudo tar -zxvf go1.7.*.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local
• echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go/bin/go' >> ~/.bashrc
• echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc
• echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

compile something

• go get github.com/ncw/rclone
• go get github.com/mholt/caddy/caddy
• $HOME/go/bin/rclone help
• $HOME/go/bin/caddy -h