$ curl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz # Or your platform's tarball $ tar -xvf go1.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz # Or your platform's tarball filename $ mv go /usr/local $ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin # Add a line to your .bash_profile or .bashrc to add Go permanently to your PATH $ go version # This should say "go1.8"