Download archive tar.gz from here

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sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.2.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
go version 
`go version go1.2.1 linux/amd64`