How do I SET the GOPATH environment variable on Ubuntu? What file must I edit?

Question

I am trying to do a go get:

go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql

and it fails with the following error:

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Answer 1

This is what got it working for me on Ubuntu 15.10 using the fish shell:

# ~/.config/fish/config.fish

set -g -x PATH /usr/local/bin $PATH
set -g -x GOPATH /usr/share/go

Then I had to change the permissions on the go folder (it was set to root)

sudo chown : -R /usr/share/go