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I ran a sudo apt-get install golang-1.9 from my regular user account on my ubuntu 16.04 and it said everything installed correctly. So then I typed go version and verified I had the right version. Then I shut down my computer. Then I turned on my computer. I logged in with my regular user again. Then I typed go version and I get the message:

The program 'go' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt install golang-go

I don't want to run the sudo apt install golang-go because it installs the older 1.6 version.

When I try to do a sudo apt-get install golang1.9, the terminal says it's already installed. So if it's alreayd installed, then why do I get a "go is currently not installed" message?

How do I get the go command to work?

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Go installed to the /usr/lib directory. So on my computer, this sym link fixed the issue

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/go-1.9/bin/go /usr/bin/go
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