GOPATH not being automatically set?

Question

I'm installing Golang on my MacBook.

According to multiple sources (example), Golang 1.8 and onwards automatically sets GOPATH.

If I run the command go env gopath in Terminal, nothing is returned. Does this mean the GOPATH variable is not set?

I have attempted to set it manually with export GOPATH=$HOME/go (as per this example).

Yet this still returns nothing.

I have tried reinstalling Golang. This works on my Windows machine, just not MacOS.

peterSO · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-26T17:54:07.510

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Go will use a default for GOPATH. Run the go env command to see the value.

Run the go env GOPATH command for just the GOPATH value.

edited Jan 26 '19 at 17:54

answered Jan 26 '19 at 17:50

peterSO

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Ah, I see it in this list. Do you know why this wasn't being returned when I entered go env gopath? Thanks! – Jessica Jan 26 '19 at 17:52
Run `go env GOPATH`. – peterSO Jan 26 '19 at 17:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '19 at 17:51

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I think you want to run go env GOPATH instead of go env gopath. Notice the difference in capitalization. Just running go env would list all go variables.

answered Jan 26 '19 at 17:51

Karthik Nayak

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