Installing Go

As of 2023, on Linux, I prefer the method outlined on this page

It involves:

1. Downloading the linux-amd64 file, e.g. go1.20.linux-amd64.tar.gz, from go.dev to your ~/Downloads directory.
2. cd ~/Downloads
3. sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.20.linux-amd64.tar.gz
4. Check with go version

If it's your first time installing Go on the machine, you'll need to add this Go binary to your PATH by adding something like export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin to your ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc.