The GOPATH environment variable specifies the location of your workspace. By default it is $HOME/go
on Unix systems and %USERPROFILE%\go
on Windows. If you want to use a custom location as your workspace, you can set the GOPATH env variable. This page explains how to set this variable on various platforms.
GOPATH
can be any directory on your system. In Unix examples, we will set it to $HOME/work
. Note that GOPATH
must not be the same path as your Go installation. Another common setup is to set GOPATH=$HOME.
Edit your .bash_profile
to add the following line:
export GOPATH=$HOME/work
Save and exit your editor. Then, source your ~/.bash_profile
.
$ source ~/.bash_profile
Note: Set the GOBIN path to generate a binary file when run "go install"
export GOBIN=$HOME/work/bin
Edit ~/.zshrc
file to add the following line:
export GOPATH=$HOME/work
Save and exit your editor. Then, source your ~/.zshrc
.
$ source ~/.zshrc
Your workspace can be located wherever you like,
but we'll use C:\work
in this example.
Note that GOPATH
must not be the same path as your Go installation.
- Create folder at
C:\work
. - Right click on "Start" and click on "Control Panel". Select "System and Security", then click on "System".
- From the menu on the left, select the "Advanced systems settings".
- Click the "Environment Variables button at the bottom.
- Click "New" from the "User variables" section.
- Type
GOPATH
into the "Variable name" field. - Type
C:\work
into the "Variable value" field. - Click OK.