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Go Language Go Language Overview Go Syntax Downloading and Storing Package Code

Posted by David Cunningham
David Cunningham
3,510 Points

Import is Different

the import for a self-made package only works on my computer if I give "./[package path]". If I give "[package path]", like in the demonstration, it doesn't. Why is this? The paths I'm experimenting with don't have the package main file in a src/ folder, if that matters.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

You may not have configured the GOPATH.

When a file name is given without an explicit path (no slash "/" in it), the system will search folders that have been configured in the system environment variable "GOPATH". If files in the current folder are not being found, that probably means that GOPATH has not been configured or it does not include the current folder.

To learn more about the GOPATH environment variable, see this document page or 'go help gopath'.

David Cunningham
David Cunningham
3,510 Points

Thanks!