go install always attempts to use GOROOT and GOPATH is not listed under go env

Question

I\'m having a quite frustrating problem with the GOPATH, which, despite being set in .profile, is not appearing when invoking go env,

Answer 1

Create a soft link, then copy the go binary in /usr/local as follow:

# ln -sf /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go