How do I install Golang on Ubuntu Linux for developing apps in Go?

• Go programming language (also known as “Golang”) originated at Google by Ken Thompson, Rob Pike, and others. The Go lang syntax shares many similarities with the C programming language but comes with many safety features such as:Free and open source
• Statically typed
• Memory safety
• Garbage collection
• structural typing
• CSP-style
• Python/JS like readability and usability
• Strong support for mulicore and networked systems
• Concurrency, and more.

Popular Linux apps such as Docker, Kubernetes, and many more are written in Go. Let us see how to install Go [Golang] Ubuntu Linux.

Warning: Please use only one method to install Golang on Ubuntu.

Installing Golang using snap on Ubuntu (method ## 1)

Open the terminal window and then type the following snap command to install the latest Go lang:

$ sudo snap install go --classic

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