go bin - just 3 files

Question

I installed Go 1.6.2 on Windows but in my bin directory I now have only 3 files:

 go.exe
 godoc.exe
 gofmt.exe 

I wonder if that's normal or my installation didn't go quite well.

Answer 1

That's normal. If you're looking for all the other executables (like linker, compiler etc.), check the:

%GOROOT%/pkg/tool/windows_amd64

(or similar) folders. These are not placed in the bin folder because you don't need to call these (they are called by the go.exe tool). bin contains only the tools you interact with, and is recommended to add %GOROOT%/bin to your PATH.

For example in my pkg/tool/windows_amd64 folder I have the following additional binaries:

addr2line.exe
api.exe
asm.exe
compile.exe
cover.exe
dist.exe
doc.exe
fix.exe
link.exe
nm.exe
objdump.exe
pack.exe
pprof.exe
tour.exe
trace.exe
vet.exe
yacc.exe