How to compile Go program consisting of multiple files?

Question

I have a small program that consists of three files, all belonging to the same package (main), but when I do \"go build main.go\" the build doesn\'t succeed. When it was jus

Answer 1

It depends on your project structure. But most straightforward is:

go build ./... -o ./myproject

then run ./myproject.

Suppose your project structure looks like this

- hello
|- main.go

then you just go to the project directory and run

go build -o ./myproject

then run ./myproject on shell.

or

# most easiest; builds and run simultaneously
go run main.go

suppose your main file is nested into a sub-directory like a cmd

- hello
|- cmd
 |- main.go

then you will run

go run cmd/main.go