How to configure GOPATH?

Question

I installed Goland as a Go IDE and it wants me to configure GOPATH. I'm new in this language so I don't know what to do. Here is the error message:

GOPATH was detected We've detected some libraries from your GOPATH. You may want to add extra libraries in GOPATH configuration.

Edit: Not a duplicate question, export GOROOT=""solved my problem. Thanks anyway.

Answer 1

You actually do not need to set the GOPATH environment variable; in Go 1.8 it's ~/go by default.

I suggest that you just update to latest stable Go (1.8) and use that convention; otherwise you'll need to set the GOPATH variable in your environment.