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Golang setup in Mac OSX with HomeBrew. Set `GOPATH` and `GOROOT` variables in zshell, fish or bash.
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.bashrc
# Set variables in .bashrc file
# don't forget to change your path correctly!
export GOPATH=$HOME/golang
export GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
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.zshrc
# Set variables in .zshrc file
# don't forget to set path correctly!
export GOPATH=$HOME/golang
export GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
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config.fish
# Set variables in config.fish file
# don't forget to set path correctly!
# GOLANG configurations
set -x GOPATH $HOME/golang
set -x GOROOT /usr/local/opt/go/libexec
set PATH $GOPATH/bin $GOROOT/bin $PATH
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install.sh
echo "Please enter your golang path (ex: $HOME/golang) :"
read gopath
echo "Please enter your github username (ex: vsouza) :"
read user
mkdir $gopath
mkdir -p $gopath/src/github.com/$user
export GOPATH=$gopath
export GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew update
brew install go
brew install git
go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc
go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/vet
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orkoden commented Aug 31, 2025 •
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GOROOT does not need to be set with go versions after 1.0. Setting it can cause errors. Go knows where it lives.

If you want to install packages with go, then also set GOPROXY and GOSUMDB.

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
export GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"

Apple silicon, macOS Sequoia, 15.6.1 (24G90), Homebrew 4.6.7, go 1.25.0

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