gohomebrew

Where does go get install packages?


I've been given instructions to run go get <some-remote-git-repo> which seems to succeed, but it's not clear to me where the package was installed to so I can run an executable from it.

Per https://golang.org/doc/code.html#remote it seems it will be installed in $GOPATH/bin but $GOPATH isn't defined in my shell (though the go get command seems to work fine). Go is installed via Homebrew.


Solution

  • I found the missing clue by running brew info go, which says:

    ==> Caveats
    A valid GOPATH is required to use the `go get` command.
    If $GOPATH is not specified, $HOME/go will be used by default:
      https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH
    

    From that I found the executable in question at $HOME/go/bin.