Install golang 1.6 at CentOS 7

gistfile1.sh

# Install golang 1.4 from epel repo which is used for installing golang 1.6 (sudo)
yum install golang

# Set up paths
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/golang/bin/linux_amd64/go /usr/lib/golang/bin
export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/usr/lib/golang

# Download the golang sources
# In the current example the sorces are downloaded to the root folder of a user with the name "go"
git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go
cd go
git checkout go1.6.2

# Install go
cd src
./all.bash

# Remove old go(sudo)
yum remove golang

# Set up path to go binary(sudo)
ln -s /home/go/go/bin/go /usr/bin

# Set up env variables: add to .bashrc
# Where workspace is a work directory for projects
export GOROOT=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/workspace