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go
sudo apt install golang-go
web@tayrita:~/src/ato-toolkit$ go
Go is a tool for managing Go source code.
Usage:
go command [arguments]
The commands are:
build compile packages and dependencies
clean remove object files and cached files
doc show documentation for package or symbol
env print Go environment information
bug start a bug report
fix update packages to use new APIs
fmt gofmt (reformat) package sources
generate generate Go files by processing source
get download and install packages and dependencies
install compile and install packages and dependencies
list list packages
run compile and run Go program
test test packages
tool run specified go tool
version print Go version
vet report likely mistakes in packages
Use "go help [command]" for more information about a command.
Additional help topics:
c calling between Go and C
buildmode build modes
cache build and test caching
filetype file types
gopath GOPATH environment variable
environment environment variables
importpath import path syntax
packages package lists
testflag testing flags
testfunc testing functions
Use "go help [topic]" for more information about that topic.
web@tayrita:~/src/ato-toolkit$ gopath
Command 'gopath' not found, did you mean:
command 'gspath' from deb gnustep-base-runtime
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
web@tayrita:~/src/ato-toolkit$ go gopath
go: unknown subcommand "gopath"
Run 'go help' for usage.
web@tayrita:~/src/ato-toolkit$ go help gopath
The Go path is used to resolve import statements.
It is implemented by and documented in the go/build package.
The GOPATH environment variable lists places to look for Go code.
On Unix, the value is a colon-separated string.
On Windows, the value is a semicolon-separated string.
On Plan 9, the value is a list.
If the environment variable is unset, GOPATH defaults
to a subdirectory named "go" in the user's home directory
($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows),
unless that directory holds a Go distribution.
Run "go env GOPATH" to see the current GOPATH.
See https://golang.org/wiki/SettingGOPATH to set a custom GOPATH.
Each directory listed in GOPATH must have a prescribed structure:
The src directory holds source code. The path below src
determines the import path or executable name.
The pkg directory holds installed package objects.
As in the Go tree, each target operating system and
architecture pair has its own subdirectory of pkg
(pkg/GOOS_GOARCH).
If DIR is a directory listed in the GOPATH, a package with
source in DIR/src/foo/bar can be imported as "foo/bar" and
has its compiled form installed to "DIR/pkg/GOOS_GOARCH/foo/bar.a".
The bin directory holds compiled commands.
Each command is named for its source directory, but only
the final element, not the entire path. That is, the
command with source in DIR/src/foo/quux is installed into
DIR/bin/quux, not DIR/bin/foo/quux. The "foo/" prefix is stripped
so that you can add DIR/bin to your PATH to get at the
installed commands. If the GOBIN environment variable is
set, commands are installed to the directory it names instead
of DIR/bin. GOBIN must be an absolute path.
Here's an example directory layout:
GOPATH=/home/user/go
/home/user/go/
src/
foo/
bar/ (go code in package bar)
x.go
quux/ (go code in package main)
y.go
bin/
quux (installed command)
pkg/
linux_amd64/
foo/
bar.a (installed package object)
Go searches each directory listed in GOPATH to find source code,
but new packages are always downloaded into the first directory
in the list.
See https://golang.org/doc/code.html for an example.
Internal Directories
Code in or below a directory named "internal" is importable only
by code in the directory tree rooted at the parent of "internal".
Here's an extended version of the directory layout above:
/home/user/go/
src/
crash/
bang/ (go code in package bang)
b.go
foo/ (go code in package foo)
f.go
bar/ (go code in package bar)
x.go
internal/
baz/ (go code in package baz)
z.go
quux/ (go code in package main)
y.go
The code in z.go is imported as "foo/internal/baz", but that
import statement can only appear in source files in the subtree
rooted at foo. The source files foo/f.go, foo/bar/x.go, and
foo/quux/y.go can all import "foo/internal/baz", but the source file
crash/bang/b.go cannot.
See https://golang.org/s/go14internal for details.
Vendor Directories
Go 1.6 includes support for using local copies of external dependencies
to satisfy imports of those dependencies, often referred to as vendoring.
Code below a directory named "vendor" is importable only
by code in the directory tree rooted at the parent of "vendor",
and only using an import path that omits the prefix up to and
including the vendor element.
Here's the example from the previous section,
but with the "internal" directory renamed to "vendor"
and a new foo/vendor/crash/bang directory added:
/home/user/go/
src/
crash/
bang/ (go code in package bang)
b.go
foo/ (go code in package foo)
f.go
bar/ (go code in package bar)
x.go
vendor/
crash/
bang/ (go code in package bang)
b.go
baz/ (go code in package baz)
z.go
quux/ (go code in package main)
y.go
The same visibility rules apply as for internal, but the code
in z.go is imported as "baz", not as "foo/vendor/baz".
Code in vendor directories deeper in the source tree shadows
code in higher directories. Within the subtree rooted at foo, an import
of "crash/bang" resolves to "foo/vendor/crash/bang", not the
top-level "crash/bang".
Code in vendor directories is not subject to import path
checking (see 'go help importpath').
When 'go get' checks out or updates a git repository, it now also
updates submodules.
Vendor directories do not affect the placement of new repositories
being checked out for the first time by 'go get': those are always
placed in the main GOPATH, never in a vendor subtree.
See https://golang.org/s/go15vendor for details.
web@tayrita:~/src/ato-toolkit$ go env gopath
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