Where does go get install packages?

Question

I\'ve been given instructions to run go get which seems to succeed, but it\'s not clear to me where the package was installed to so

Answer 1

If you run go get and you already have the package it says nothing (even with the -v option). This is confusing if it's not in the first directory of your GOPATH. Ie you run go get , there is no error or any message but when you check the first directory of the GOPATH (which is where the doc says it should be) you can't find it.

I eventually found it, but since I have a large GOPATH this was rather tedious.

Answer 2

I found the missing clue by running brew info go, which says:

==> Caveats
A valid GOPATH is required to use the `go get` command.
If $GOPATH is not specified, $HOME/go will be used by default:
  https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH

From that I found the executable in question at $HOME/go/bin.