Ubuntu

Install package golang

The golang Debian package may have already made its way into your Ubuntu distribution. Try this:

$ sudo apt-get install golang

That is all you need to get go working on your system. (You can use go env GOROOT to be sure where the Go files are, if you're curious.) Don't forget to create your GOPATH.

If that didn't work

See http://blog.labix.org/2013/06/15/in-flight-deb-packages-of-go