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								title: Installing Go in Arch Linux using pacman
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								### Installing Go in Arch Linux using pacman
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								Using Arch Linux Package Manager (pacman) is the easiest way to install Go. Based on the Arch Linux philosophy of providing new software versions very fast, you will get a very current version of go. 
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								Before you can install the go package, you have to bring the system up to date. 
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								```sh
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								$ sudo pacman -Syu
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								$ sudo pacman -S go
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								```
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								#### Check installation and version of go
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								To check if go was successfully installed, use:
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								```sh
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								$ go version
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								> go version go2.11.1 linux/amd64
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								This will print to the console the version of go, while at the same time making sure the installation went smoothly.
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