On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 9:12 AM kredop...@gmail.com <kredopieka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Apologies - sent the response only to you, so I'll write it again here. > > > Doesn't the `go install` command explicitly instruct you to add > $GOBIN/$GOPATH/bin to your $PATH? > > I did check both golang installation docs and the output of `go help > install` - it's very possible I'm missing something, but I didn't find any > mention of adding $GOBIN/$GOPATH to the $PATH. Am I just looking in the > wrong place? > No, I misremembered. I mixed it up with make.bash (the script used to build Go itself). Perhaps it would be useful if `go install` would check if $GOBIN is in your $PATH and print a warning, if not? It's already somewhat verbose (it prints any dependencies it needs to download), so I feel that the usual "it should be silent on success" logic doesn't apply and there would be little harm. > > > To me, that seems enough - it feels a bit arduous, to expect this piece > of information at any single point on the web where `go install` is > mentioned. > > I wholeheartedly agree - as long as the information mentioned above is > visible somewhere else, possibly in at least one of the two places I've > just listed. I was simply surprised that, possibly due to unskillful > searches of mine, I didn't find official sources suggesting adding > $GOBIN/$GOPATH to the $PATH, which may be confusing, especially when > package docs assume this has been done. > > Also, thanks for the quick reply! > > On Thursday 29 February 2024 at 06:18:07 UTC+1 Axel Wagner wrote: > >> Doesn't the `go install` command explicitly instruct you to add >> $GOBIN/$GOPATH/bin to your $PATH? To me, that seems enough - it feels a bit >> arduous, to expect this piece of information at any single point on the web >> where `go install` is mentioned. >> >> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 1:39 AM Robert Sawicki <kredop...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey! >>> >>> As I was looking through Go docs recently, I've noticed docs for >>> x/pkgsite wrongly assume that user's $PATH includes $GOPATH/bin, by using >>> `pkgsite` as a way to launch the command right after installing it. >>> >>> Golang installation docs <https://go.dev/doc/install>only mention >>> adding */usr/local/bin/go* to $PATH, so I believe this may be confusing >>> for new users. At least it was to me. >>> >>> Shouldn't these docs explicitly state that they assume that path is >>> added to $PATH, just for clarity's sake? Or maybe adding $GOPATH/bin (or >>> $GOBIN) to user's $PATH is a worthy addition to installation docs? >>> >>> I decided to ask here, since I don't want to create a whole Github issue >>> just for something like that. If this gains traction, I'm willing to create >>> such an issue. >>> >>> -- >>> 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...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/53386532-7bd4-421a-9f41-b973dbfa68ean%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/53386532-7bd4-421a-9f41-b973dbfa68ean%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/dbc07b3d-4d62-4041-868f-090040322c39n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/dbc07b3d-4d62-4041-868f-090040322c39n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfF2ekq9bxmond00%2B_USccc%2Bew%2BTN%3DvWEyb8XPcpKWny3A%40mail.gmail.com.
