Install Geth

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Build Geth from source code

Since we already have Go installed, we can easily bulid Geth by running the following commands:

Download the project. Also checkout the default version of Go Ethereum into local GOPATH work space
$ go get -d github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Build executables
$ go install github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth

Alternative method --- Install via PPAs (not recommended)

Alternatively, you can install Geth directly via PPAs (Personal Package Archives)

Enable Go Ethereum launchpad repository
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum
Install stable version of Go Ethereum
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ethereum
or the unstable version if you wish to
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ethereum-unstable

Test if Geth is correctly installed and working

$ sudo su
$ geth version

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