docs: advertise Go 1.16 as min Go version in INSTALL.md

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Olaoluwa Osuntokun
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* **Go:** `lnd` is written in Go. To install, run one of the following commands:
**Note**: The minimum version of Go supported is Go 1.15. We recommend that
**Note**: The minimum version of Go supported is Go 1.16. We recommend that
users use the latest version of Go, which at the time of writing is
[`1.16`](https://blog.golang.org/go1.16).
[`1.17.1`](https://blog.golang.org/go1.17.1).
On Linux:
(x86-64)
```
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sha256sum go1.16.linux-amd64.tar.gz | awk -F " " '{ print $1 }'
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sha256sum go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz | awk -F " " '{ print $1 }'
```
The final output of the command above should be
`013a489ebb3e24ef3d915abe5b94c3286c070dfe0818d5bca8108f1d6e8440d2`. If it
`dab7d9c34361dc21ec237d584590d72500652e7c909bf082758fb63064fca0ef`. If it
isn't, then the target REPO HAS BEEN MODIFIED, and you shouldn't install
this version of Go. If it matches, then proceed to install Go:
```
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.16.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
```
(ARMv6)
```
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
sha256sum go1.16.linux-armv6l.tar.gz | awk -F " " '{ print $1 }'
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.17.1.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
sha256sum go1.17.1.linux-armv6l.tar.gz | awk -F " " '{ print $1 }'
```
The final output of the command above should be
`d1d9404b1dbd77afa2bdc70934e10fbfcf7d785c372efc29462bb7d83d0a32fd`. If it
`ed3e4dbc9b80353f6482c441d65b51808290e94ff1d15d56da5f4a7be7353758`. If it
isn't, then the target REPO HAS BEEN MODIFIED, and you shouldn't install
this version of Go. If it matches, then proceed to install Go:
```
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.16.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.1.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
```
On Mac OS X:
```
brew install go@1.16
brew install go@1.17.1
```
On FreeBSD: