Can you include the link to the guide you followed to install Go? I always follow https://golang.org/doc/install#install
which is, after downloading from the link on that page,: tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz and then adding: /usr/local/go/bin to the PATH And I have never had to set GOBIN Thanks Diego On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Sayth Renshaw <flebber.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sunday, 12 February 2017 04:16:15 UTC+11, Diego Medina wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> you were very close, instead of >> >> go install github.com/mortalcatalyst/xml/xml.go >> >> do >> >> go install github.com/mortalcatalyst/xml >> >> >> In go, you don't install the particular file, you install the program as >> a whole (which in many cases, it involves more than one file) >> >> And as a side note, normally you would >> >> $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mortalcatalyst/xml >> $ go install >> >> >> so you don't have to specify the whole path to the project every time. >> >> Hope that helps >> >> P.S. as you work with Go more and more, you'll want to add these lines to >> ~/.bash_profile: >> >> CDPATH=.:$GOPATH/src/github.com:$GOPATH/src/bitbucket.org #you may add >> more domains here if you host your proejct(s) somewhere else >> export CDPATH >> >> that let's you, form anywhere in your terminal, to type: >> >> $ cd mor >> >> Then press tab and the terminal will autocomplete mortalcatalyst >> >> P.S. source of the tip https://twitter.com/rob_pi >> ke/status/467367507305574400 >> >> Diego >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi > > I now seem to have hit another problem > > sayth@sayth-E6410 ~/work/src/github.com/mortalcatalyst/xml $ go install > github.com/mortalcatalyst/xml > cannot install, GOBIN must be an absolute path > > An absolute path? I think somehow those directions have created a bad > install. > > Is there a way I can reset to defaults and is there a better install > method so that I can get a clean and working environment. Keep running into > errors and cannot execute code. > > Cheers > > Sayth > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/golang-nuts/YE0w1Cbb1Ac/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Diego Medina Lift/Scala Consultant di...@fmpwizard.com https://blog.fmpwizard.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
