command 'go.tools.install' not found

Question

I am trying to install Go tools in my VS Code editor and when I select the View, CMD, Install and select Go: Install/Update tools, I get this -> "command 'go.tools.install' not found" What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

As seen in Microsoft/vscode-go issue 755:

For all guys who are stuck with command 'go.tools.install' not found problem on Windows.

Check if %GOPATH%\bin is in your PATH environment variable.
After half and an hour I finally figured out that PATH remains unchanged if you try to change it like set PATH=%PATH%.... You need explicitly change it in your system settings.

With recent Go installation, make sure GOROOT reference your Go installation folder.
I also like to set go.goroot to that folder in the settings of VSCode.
You don't need GOPATH: it defaults to %USERPROFILE%\go: make sure %USERPROFILE%\go\bin is in your PATH, before launching VSCode.

• unzip go1.13.6.windows-amd64.zip anywhere (not in %USERPROFILE%\go, since it is reserved for GOPATH)
• set GOROOT to C:\path\to\go (where you just uncompressed the Go archive)
• add %GOROOT%\bin to %PATH%