Installing golang on Ubuntu 14.04
download the latest go binary from here
e.g. (check latest version)
$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
use sudo to untar into /usr/local
$ tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
make a go work directory:
$ mkdir ~/golang
edit your ~/.profile and add these two lines:
" export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin export GOPATH=$HOME/golang "
reload profile
$ source ~/.profile
now you can make a hello.world or use 'go get' to install software
This is literally just a copy of https://golang.org/doc/install with all the non standard non linux instructions taken out double check it there and you should be fine