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Nic
Nic

Reputation: 812

How do I fix $GOPATH/go.mod exists but should not?

I am following this tutorial https://golang.org/doc/tutorial/getting-started but for some reason I keep getting this message every time I try to run the code:

$GOPATH/go.mod exists but should not

I have tried to look at answers like this one: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62062562/9785222 but I dont understand what is GOPATH and where is it.

I am using Vi as an editor on Linux Fedora

Upvotes: 16

Views: 38245

Answers (4)

Thundercat
Thundercat

Reputation: 121119

GOPATH defaults to $HOME/go on Unix.

Remove the file $HOME/go/go.mod or explicitly set $GOPATH to a different directory.

Upvotes: 9

Mariassa Royzenberg
Mariassa Royzenberg

Reputation: 1

For me it was solved by upgrading the golang image :

FROM golang:1.20 AS gobuild
FROM golang:1.23.1 AS gobuild

Upvotes: -1

Elven Spellmaker
Elven Spellmaker

Reputation: 400

For me this was when trying to build in a docker container. It was solved by using a different build directory to the default.

E.g.:

FROM golang:1.21 AS gobuild

WORKDIR /build

Upvotes: 3

Fahima Mokhtari
Fahima Mokhtari

Reputation: 2062

$GOPATH should point out to the src directory, in my case in Debian, I set $GOPATH to /usr/local/go/src and the problem was solved.

export $GOPATH=/usr/local/go/src

What is GOPATH ?

GOPATH is a variable that defines a folder, under which GO expects our code to reside . For more details, you can check this link

Upvotes: 3

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