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Reputation: 2630

How to install github repository in a specific GOPATH?

I have two folders for GOPATH:

export GOPATH=$HOME/Work:$HOME/HomeWork

Here is their structure organization: 

Work
    /pkg
    /src
        /github.com

HomeWork
    /pkg
    /src
        /github.com

By default

$ go get github.com/gin-gonic/gin

will put the repository in the first GOPATH.

Now I want to install a github repository to a specific GOPATH, for example in:

HomeWork
    /pkg
    /src
        /github.com
            /gin-gonic

How can I achieve that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1267

Answers (2)

Endre Simo
Endre Simo

Reputation: 11541

According to Go Wiki:

https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GOPATH

Use a single GOPATH

Even though the GOPATH may be a list of directories, it is generally correct and sufficient to use a single GOPATH for all Go code on your machine. Since all packages retrieved with "go get" have a unique URL (and thus a unique path on disk), having more than one GOPATH is almost never necessary when building with the Go tool.

Upvotes: 8

ch33hau
ch33hau

Reputation: 2971

Well I can't see an option to do this in go get --help.

But you could use this *nix way to achieve it:

$ GOPATH=$HOME/HomeWork go get github.com/gin-gonic/gin

And your original GOPATH won't be changed by above command.

Upvotes: 7

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