[go-nuts] Re: Trying to understand GOPATH

Thanks for the response, it makes sense now. On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 12:13:30 AM UTC-4, leon.j...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm new to golang, and I'm trying to understand the role of GOPATH. The OS > X package from https://golang.org/dl/ installs to `/usr/local/go/bin/go`. > > Do I have to

[go-nuts] Trying to understand GOPATH

I'm new to golang, and I'm trying to understand the role of GOPATH. The OS X package from https://golang.org/dl/ installs to `/usr/local/go/bin/go`. Do I have to manually symlink /usr/local/go/bin/go to my PATH because the GOPATH docs lead me to believe that GOPATH to need to be set to the dir