This page documents the file tree for a source installation of go1.13.1.
$ tree -d -L 2 /usr/lib/go1.13.1 | head
/usr/lib/go1.13.1
`-- go
|-- api
|-- bin
|-- doc
|-- lib
|-- misc
|-- pkg
|-- src
`-- test
$
api contains data for Go's API checker
$ ls $GOROOT/api README go1.10.txt go1.13.txt go1.4.txt go1.7.txt go1.txt except.txt go1.11.txt go1.2.txt go1.5.txt go1.8.txt next.txt go1.1.txt go1.12.txt go1.3.txt go1.6.txt go1.9.txt $
bin contains the go and gofmt executables
$ ls -l $GOROOT/bin total 11576 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9652760 Oct 2 03:02 go -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2197756 Oct 2 03:02 gofmt $
doc contains .css, .go, .html, .js, and .png files
lib contains the compressed time zone database
$ tree $GOROOT/lib | head -n 5
/usr/lib/go1.13.1/go/lib
`-- time
|-- README
|-- update.bash
`-- zoneinfo.zip
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misc contains files pertaining to specific build modes and platforms
$ tree -d -L 1 $GOROOT/misc | head -n 12 /usr/lib/go1.13.1/go/misc |-- android |-- arm |-- cgo |-- chrome |-- ios |-- linkcheck |-- nacl |-- reboot |-- swig |-- trace `-- wasm $
pkg contains libs, header files, compiled object files, and executables
$ tree -d -L 1 $GOROOT/pkg | head -n 6 /usr/lib/go1.13.1/go/pkg |-- include |-- linux_386 |-- linux_386_dynlink |-- obj `-- tool $
src contains the go1.13.1 source code
test contains tests of the Go toolchain and runtime