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title: Installing Go in Ubuntu using a tarball
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### Installing Go in Ubuntu using a tarball
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>This is the recommended way to install go if you wish to get the latest stable version available from the golang website.
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#### Check your system Architecture
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Before proceeding make sure you know if your system is 32 or 64 bit. If you don't know, run the following command to find out:
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```sh
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$ lscpu | grep Architecture
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```
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If you see ``` Architecture: x86_64``` your system is 64bit, otherwise if you get ```Architecture: i686```, then your system is 32bit. Now that you know your system architecture, let's proceed.
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#### Picking the right tarball
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From the [golang download page](https://golang.org/dl/), you'll need to get the link to the right tarball file (.tar.gz) for your system.
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If your system is 64bit, copy the link to the .tar.gz file for Linux systems with x86_64 architecture. For example, the latest stable version for 64bit systems as of this writing is ```go1.9.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz```
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If your system is 32bit, copy the link to the .tar.gz file for Linux systems with x86 architecture. As of this writing the latest file is ```go1.9.1.linux-386.tar.gz```
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After copying the link, simply replace the link in the Installation process found below with the link you got from the download page.
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#### Installation Process
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> In this installation process we'll use the links to the go 1.9.1 tarballs as an example. For a newer or older version simply replace the link in the first step. Check the [golang download page](https://golang.org/dl/) to see what versions are currently available.
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##### Go 1.9.1 for 64bit systems:
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```
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$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
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$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.9.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
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$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
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```
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##### Go 1.9.1 for 32bit systems:
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```
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$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.1.linux-386.tar.gz
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$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.9.1.linux-386.tar.gz
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$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
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```
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#### Check installation and version of go
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To check if go was successfully installed, use:
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```sh
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$ go version
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> go version go1.9.1 linux/amd64
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```
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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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