golang "goinstall" command missing

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I just installed golang on my machine. It appears that the way to install third party libraries is via the "goinstall" command, however this did not appear to install as part of the OSX package installer.

Am I missing something here?

Carl

goinstall was replaced by go get REF golang.org/doc/articles/go_command.html — Luke Hutton
– Luke Hutton, Commented Sep 8, 2014 at 23:36

fuz · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-09 09:04:15Z

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Downloading and installing packages and dependencies is normally done using go get

go get github.com/user/package

Or go install when compiling and installing third party packages:

go install github.com/user/tool

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Daniel YC Lin · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-09 08:14:17Z

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You may reference the old tutorial or book. Read these.

http://golang.org/doc/code.html (must read)
http://golang.org/cmd/
http://golang.org/cmd/go/

goinstall is replaced by go install, I often use go get -u to get updated source.

Another tip is go get -d in your *.go source directory, then, it will get related packages automatically.

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Mogsdad · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-07 01:34:10Z

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You use go get like:

go get http://github.com/test

This downloads the package to your GitHub folder into your workspace.

Go install

Installs an exe file inside your bin folder.

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