centos gopath

1. How do I find my Gopath?
2. What should Gopath be?
3. How do I check my Goroot and Gopath?
4. What is Gopath pkg?
5. Is Gopath still needed?
6. What is the default Gopath?
7. Where do you put Goroot?
8. How do I run a Go program?
9. Is a Goroot not a Gopath?
10. How do you know if a set is Gopath?
11. How do I remove Gopath?
12. How do you clean a Gopath?

How do I find my Gopath?

Add this to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc (or whatever shell you use) on *nix:

1. export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH. A quick way to know what is your current GOPATH is running.
2. go env GOPATH. Changing the GOPATH is easy, add this to your shell config file:
3. export GOPATH=$HOME/another-go-path. ...
4. More go tutorials:

What should Gopath be?

The GOPATH environment variable lists places to look for Go code. On Unix, the value is a colon-separated string. On Windows, the value is a semicolon-separated string. ... GOPATH must be set to get, build and install packages outside the standard Go tree.

How do I check my Goroot and Gopath?

Go tools expect a certain layout of the source code. GOROOT and GOPATH are environment variables that define this layout.
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Download the Go SDK

1. Open settings ( Ctrl+Alt+S ) and navigate to Go | GOROOT.
2. Click the Add SDK button ( ...
3. From the Version list, select the SDK version.

What is Gopath pkg?

The $GOPATH/pkg directory is where Go stores pre-compiled object files to speed up subsequent compiling of programs. Typically, most developers won't need to access this directory. If you experience issues with compilation, you can safely delete this directory and Go will then rebuild it.

Is Gopath still needed?

Nope. Although it is possible to create several modules in a single project this is almost always unnecessary. If you want a subfolder to organize your Go code you are looking for packages, not modules. You should only run the go mod init command once per project, no more.

What is the default Gopath?

Default GOPATH is: $HOME/go on Unix-like systems. %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows.

Where do you put Goroot?

GOROOT is for compiler and tools that come from go installation and is used to find the standard libraries. It should always be set to the installation directory. It is possible to install the Go tools to a different location.

How do I run a Go program?

A typical Go program is a plain text file with .go file extension. You can run this program using go run hello.go command where hello.go is a Go program file in the current directory.

Is a Goroot not a Gopath?

GOROOT is for compiler/tools that comes from go installation. GOPATH is for your own go projects / 3rd party libraries (downloaded with "go get").

How do you know if a set is Gopath?

The command go env GOPATH prints the effective current GOPATH ; it prints the default location if the environment variable is unset. To learn more about the GOPATH environment variable, see 'go help gopath' .

How do I remove Gopath?

You may also want to remove GOPATH and GOROOT environment variables.
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For Windows 10:

1. Go to Apps in the Settings App.
2. Look for Go Programming Language * in the list and uninstall it.
3. Remove C:\Go\bin from your PATH environment variable (only if you don't plan on installing another version of golang)

How do you clean a Gopath?

Find the source directory under $GOPATH/src and the package file under $GOPATH/pkg/<architecture> , for example: $GOPATH/pkg/windows_amd64 . You can delete the archive files and executable binaries that go install (or go get ) produces for a package with go clean -i importpath... .