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Updating golang on Ubuntu

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I have Ubuntu 14.4.03. The default golang version which came with it was 1.2.1. I would like to update golang to 1.4 or higher.

After searching I found the way to do this would be to first delete current go installation and then re-install the new version.

I found the following go installation files in the following directory:

/usr/share/go

/usr/share/go/src/cmd/go

/usr/share/go/src/pkg/go

/usr/lib/go

/ur/lib/go/pkg/linux_amd64/go

/ur/lib/go/pkg/linux_amd64_race/go

/usr/bin/go

Which directory contains what? Which ones should I delete? What should be the location of new installation? It seems /usr/local is more normal. Then how come Ubuntu default is as above?

What would be the procedure to install a new version og golang?

Thanks.

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answered 3 Years ago ainbby · Accepted Answer

First remove your current golang installation with this command, you don't need to manually remove files installed by apt-get,

sudo apt-get purge golang

For an easy install of golang 1.4 you can use this PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:evarlast/golang1.4

sudo apt-get update

Now you can use

sudo apt-get install golang

This will install version 1.4, here is a link to the PPA.