Does not make sense that I have to have files before import

Question

How do I import an external package from scratch?

I\'ve written a library package in Go and testing to distribute through github. I am following http://golang.org/do

Answer 1

That's how I done it:

1. Setup your workspace first

 mkdir $HOME/go
 export GOPATH=$HOME/go
 export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

2. Create the project

 mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/user
 mkdir $GOPATH/src/github.com/user/hello
 touch $GOPATH/src/github.com/user/hello/hello.go

3. Install it

go install github.com/user/hello

4. Run it

cd $GOPATH/bin
./hello

I used the following vagrant image: https://github.com/dcoxall/vagrant-golang