[pkg-go] Go package and executables in PATH

[Vincent Bernat]

 ❦  3 juin 2017 11:36 -0400, pkgoyq.xpt at neverbox.com :

> I just installed golang-1.8-go to my Ubuntu 17.04 and noticed that I don't
> have go in PATH:
>
> $ apt-cache policy golang-1.8-go
> golang-1.8-go:
>   Installed: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1
>   Candidate: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1
>   Version table:
>  *** 1.8.1-1ubuntu1 500
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> $ apt-cache policy golang-1.8
> golang-1.8:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 1.8.1-1ubuntu1
>   Version table:
>      1.8.1-1ubuntu1 500
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages
>
> $ type go
> bash: type: go: not found
>
>
>
> Does Debian have such arrangement as well (no Go executables in PATH)
> having installed a (minimum) golang-1.x-go package?

You need to install golang-go package. Currently, this will use Go
1.7. You can install golang-go from experimental to get Go 1.8. You can
also just add /usr/lib/go-1.8/bin to your PATH.
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