Download Go source:

cd /usr/local
hg clone -r release https://go.googlecode.com/hg/ go

Build Toolchain:

cd go/src
./all.bash

Add Go tools to PATH by creating /etc/profile.de/go.sh:

#!/bin/sh
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"

Go Syntax Highlighting for your editor at http://go-lang.cat-v.org/text-editors/

package main
import "fmt"
 
func main() {
    fmt.Printf("Hallo Süße!\n")
}

Build & run: 8g hello.go && 8l -o hello hello.8 && ./hello

For Printf see pkg/fmt/

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
    var i,j int                         // 2 ints, autoinitialized to zero value
    fmt.Printf("%d %d\n", i, j)         // 0 0
 
    var k,l,m,n= true, 0, 2.6, "Hello"  // missing types default to:
    fmt.Printf("%T %T %T %T\n", k,l,m,n)// -> bool int float64 string
    fmt.Printf("%v %v %v %v\n", k,l,m,n)// -> true 0 2.6 Hello
    fmt.Println(k,l,m,n)                // -> true 0 2.6 Hello
 
    o,p:= false, "World"                // short form: no type but initializers:
    fmt.Printf("%T %T\n", o,p)          // -> bool string
    fmt.Println(o,p)                    // -> false World
}

more

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
    //var ia= [...]int{47,11}           // Create an array literal
    ia:= [...]int{47,11}                // Create an array literal - short form
 
    for i, v := range ia {              // Loop through an array
        fmt.Printf("%d %d\n", i, v)
    }
 
    var ib [2]int                       // Create array with ZEROED elements
    for _, v := range ib {              // '_' means key not used
        fmt.Printf("%d ", v)            // -> 0 0
    }
    fmt.Printf("\n")
}

http://blog.golang.org/2011/01/go-slices-usage-and-internals.html