[Tips] – How to setup Golang env in MacOSX using homebrew?

Following the steps. If you are checking issues regards some error with your GOROOT may it will solve your problem.

• Add the ENV VAR’s in your bash_profile as follows. (vim ~/.bash_profile)

export GOPATH="${HOME}/.go"
export GOROOT="$(brew --prefix golang)/libexec"
export PATH="$PATH:${GOPATH}/bin:${GOROOT}/bin"

 

• Run  the following command to create the $GOPATH

  $ mkdir "${GOPATH}"

• Run the following command to create the GitHub dir on it. If all is ok, then this dir should be found in the $GOPATH.

$mkdir -p "${GOPATH}/src/github.com"

• Now, install the GO

$ brew install go

• Also, get some GO utilities.

$ go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc

$ go getgolang.org/x/lint