如果我不在.go文件目录下，则安装失败

Question

I installed Golang via the suggestion https://golang.org/doc/install and it seems I cannot run the go install command like they do on the website

If I run the command from any directory besides the directory that is home to the .go file, then it gives me this error. for example:

go install ./src/tutorial/helloworld/hello.go

or

go install ./path/to/.go/file/hello.go

go install: no install location for .go files listed on command line (GOBIN not set)

but if I run the install from inside the directory that has the .go file everything goes well and it places the final executable in the GOPATH bin folder.

//In the folder that contains my .go file
go install

I have set GOPATH in my .bash_profile and the go installation added the go root directory in /usr/local/go/bin to my PATH

Any ideas why I cannot run install from outside the directory like the instructions on the golang.org website says?

Answer 1

The arguments to the go install command are packages, not .go files. Use these commands to specify the package by relative path.

For the package containing the file ./src/tutorial/helloworld/hello.go:

go install ./src/tutorial/helloworld

For the package containing the file ./path/to/.go/file/hello.go:

go install ./path/to/.go/file