cannot download, $GOPATH not set

Question

I want to install json2csv using go get github.com/jehiah/json2csv but I receive this error:

package github.com/jehiah/json2csv: cannot download         


        

Answer 1

I am using vim to edit my .bashrc file but you code use a gui editor such as gedit.

Steps:

Kindly subsitute /path/to/golang/projects below with your actual path location where you will store your golang projects.

Open .bashrc file in vim that is vim ~/.bashrc. Then add below lines at the end of the file.

# Setup Golang Development Environment ::
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
 
# Third party go libraries will live under "~/golib" directory
export GOPATH="$HOME/golib"
export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
 
# Where your golang project code lives
export GOPATH=$GOPATH:/path/to/golang/projects

Save the file and type source ~/.bashrc to refresh your terminal session. Now try getting a package e.g. go get github.com/pilu/fresh and check your ~/golib/bin directory it should have fresh package in it.

Navigate to your /path/to/golang/projects and create three folders in there i.e. bin,src and pkg

Now place your project folder inside /path/to/golang/projects/src e.g. /path/to/golang/projects/src/myfancygolangprojectand you should be good to go. Put all your golang codebase in there mate.