I followed the linux go installation instructions and ran sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz and added /usr/local/go/binto $PATH. Unfortunately, I am stuck because go ignores any attempt to export $GOPATH in the terminal. What's going on and how can I fix it?
$ export GOPATH=$HOME/Go
$ echo $GOPATH
/home/rsg/Go
$ go env
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH=""
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
CC="gcc"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build834345994=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
Edit: On further inspection, it seems that for some reason, I am unable to export GOPATH at all. I am not sure why, because exporting other variables (e.g. FOO) works just fine. What on earth is going on?
rsg@P ~ $ env | grep FOO
rsg@P ~ $ env | grep GOPATH
rsg@P ~ $ export FOO=bar
rsg@P ~ $ env | grep FOO
FOO=bar
rsg@P ~ $ export GOPATH=bar
rsg@P ~ $ env | grep GOPATH
rsg@P ~ $ GOPATH=foo env | grep GOPATH
GOPATH=foo
rsg@P ~ $ env | grep GOPATH
