protoc-gen-go: program not found or is not executable

Question

I am trying to build a sample app with go grpc but I am unable to generate the code using \"protoc\"

Have installed the required libraries/go packages using:

Answer 1

Make sure your GOBIN is set in the PATH variable. Otherwise, you may encounter this problem. Check GOBIN path by running go env and confirm GOBIN is not empty.

If it is empty then try like below

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
protoc --go_out=plugins=grpc:. *.proto