#install git follow the install guide on https://git-scm.com/download/linux

install mercurial

https://www.mercurial-scm.org/downloads

install go follow the install guide on

https://golang.org/doc/install

Set up your go workspace

mkdir ~/gocourse cd ~/gocourse mkdir src pkg bin

Put a reference of the GOPATH to yoour environment

export GOPATH=~/gocourse

add go imports tool

go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports

test the installation

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/user/hello

cat > $GOPATH/src/github.com/user/hello/hello.go <<EOF package main

import "fmt"

func main() { fmt.Printf("hello, world\n") } EOF