The GOPATH environment variable specifies the location of your workspace. By default it is $HOME\go on Unix systems and %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows. If you want to use a custom location as your workspace, you can set the GOPATH env variable. This page explains how to set this variable on various platforms.

• Unix systems
  • Bash
  • Zsh
• Windows

Unix systems

GOPATH can be any directory on your system. In Unix examples, we will set it to $HOME/work. Note that GOPATH must not be the same path as your Go installation. Another common setup is to set GOPATH=$HOME.

Bash

Edit your .bash_profile to add the following line:

export GOPATH=$HOME/work

Save and exit your editor. Then, source your ~/.bash_profile.

$ source ~/.bash_profile

Zsh

Edit ~/.zshrc file to add the following line:

export GOPATH=$HOME/work

Save and exit your editor. Then, source your ~/.zshrc.

$ source ~/.zshrc

Windows

Your workspace can be located wherever you like, but we'll use C:\work in this example. Note that GOPATH must not be the same path as your Go installation.

• Create folder at C:\work.
• Right click on “Start” and click on “Control Panel”. Select “System and Security”, then click on “System”.
• From the menu on the left, select the “Advanced systems settings”.
• Click the "Environment Variables button at the bottom.
• Click “New” from the “User variables” section.
• Type GOPATH into the “Variable name” field.
• Type C:\work into the “Variable value” field.
• Click OK.