How do I SET the GOPATH environment variable on Ubuntu? What file must I edit?

Question

I am trying to do a go get:

go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql

and it fails with the following error:

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Answer 1

export GOROOT=/usr/lib/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin

And you may want to check by $ go env