Cannot set $GOPATH on Mac OSX
I'm trying to set my $GOPATH
variable to run some example code on my machine:
$ smitego-example go run main.go
main.go:5:2: cannot find package "github.com/#GITHUB_USERNAME#/smitego" in any of:
/usr/local/go/src/pkg/github.com/#GITHUB_USERNAME#/smitego (from $GOROOT)
($GOPATH not set)
$ smitego-example export $GOPATH=$HOME
-bash: export: `=/Users/#OSX_USERNAME#': not a valid identifier
Contents of github.com/#GITHUB_USERNAME#/smitego/smitego.go
:
package smitego
How can I set my GOPATH
so it works always and forever?
Solution 1:
Update, as of Go 1.8: If you're installing Go 1.8 (released: Feb 2017) or later, GOPATH is automatically determined by the Go toolchain for you.
It defaults to $HOME/go
on macOS (nee OS X) - e.g. /Users/matt/go/
. This makes getting started with Go even easier, and you can go get <package>
right after installing Go.
For the shell: (the manual method)
~/.bash_profile should contain export GOPATH=$HOME/go
and also export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
. The use of the $
is important: make sure to note where I've used it (and where I have not).
For Sublime Text:
Sublime Text menu > Preferences > Package Settings > GoSublime > Settings: User
{
"shell": ["/bin/bash"],
"env": {"GOPATH": "/Users/#USERNAME#/go/"},
}
Make sure your GOPATH
is not set to the full path of the package; just the root of your go
folder where src, pkg, and bin
reside. If you're not using GoSublime, I'd suggest installing that first.
Solution 2:
The accepted answer didn't work for me. I investigated and found the cause: I am using zsh, not bash.
I need to add the following two lines to ~/.zshrc
:
export GOPATH=/Users/username/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
Solution 3:
You don't put the $
prefix on a variable when you're assigning it, only when you're reading it.
export GOPATH=$HOME
To make this permanent, put the command in your .bash_profile
.
That will work for Terminal shells. If you need to set environment variables that will affect GUI applications, see Environment variables in Mac OS X