I am trying to do a go get
:
go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
and it fails with the following error:
package github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql: cannot download, $GOPATH not set. For more details see: go help gopath
when I do a go env
, a list of Go values is shown as below:
ubuntu@ip-xxx-x-xx-x:~$ go env
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCHAR="6"
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH=""
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/lib/go"
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
CC="gcc"
GOGCCFLAGS="-g -O2 -fPIC -m64 -pthread"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
clearly the GOPATH is not set, how and where do I set it?
I see many threads that mention this error but none that provide an answer to my question, which file needs to be edited to provide a value for this path?
New Way:
Old Way:
Just add the following lines to ~/.bashrc and this will persist. However, you can use other paths you like as GOPATH instead of $HOME/go in my sample.
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin