在更新之前删除现有的Go安装吗？

Question

I am using windows 10.

In this link is it been asked to remove current Go installation before updating to new version. The current installation folder is something like: C:\Go . And it is been asked to remove this folder first before installing the latest version.

But I already have my projects under C:\Go\src. So I can't afford to delete it just like that. Not sure what I am missing. I have never updated Go before, so this is new to me. Thanks.

Answer 1

Those same instructions tell you to...

Create your workspace directory, %USERPROFILE%\go. (If you'd like to use a different directory, you will need to set the GOPATH environment variable.)

C:> cd %USERPROFILE%\go\src\hello C:\Users\Gopher\go\src\hello> go build

So your src directory should not be in C:\Go\src but %USERPROFILE%\go\src\ (that is in your home directory). If you've been using C:\Go\src, move it to %USERPROFILE%\go\src\ and use that going forward.

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