OT: (NOOB) Settings GOROOT and GOPATH on Freebsd

[Mauro Risonho de Paula Assumpção]

I'm trying to use and compile programs made in golang on freebsd 9.2 and 10.0 rc1, but I'm problems setting variables and GOROOT GOPATH environment.

I'm trying to use command:

export
setenv

But, unsuccessfully.

Has anyone managed to solve this?

@firebitsbr

[Tamás Gulácsi]

What is the error?
What says "go env" after you set those variables?

[mrpa.a...@gmail.com]

I found a solution that solved my problem, now using FreeBSD 11.1 x86_64

Nginx Reverse Proxy and Golang Setup on FreeBSD

Source: https://www.vultr.com/docs/nginx-reverse-proxy-and-golang-setup-on-freebsd

Requirements

Basic knowledge of UNIX.

FreeBSD x64 with Nginx installed.

Install Tools

You will need several programs that are not shipped with FreeBSD. Run the following command to install them:

pkg install nano wget git mercurial bzr

Download and Install Golang

Download golang by running the following set of commands:

cd /tmp

wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.3.3.freebsd-amd64.tar.gz

tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.3.3.freebsd-amd64.tar.gz

Setup Environment Variables

Create a variable called GOPATH (which will be the location for installed packages) and add it to your path:

mkdir ~/.gopkg

setenv GOPATH /root/.gopkg

set path = ($path /usr/local/go/bin /root/.gopkg/bin)

If you want to have the path set on boot, then run the following command to add it to your .cshrc:

echo "setenv GOPATH /root/.gopkg" >> ~/.cshrc

echo "set path = ($path /usr/local/go/bin /root/.gopkg/bin)" >> ~/.cshrc

Verify Installation

Run go in your terminal. If you are presented with a list of options, then the installation was successful. Run the following command to install a web framework called Martini:

go get github.com/go-martini/martini

If you don't see any errors, then you may proceed to the next step.

Setup Martini

Create a file called server.go and populate it with the following lines of code:

package main

import "github.com/go-martini/martini"

func main() {

  m := martini.Classic()

  m.Get("/", func() string {

    return "Hello from Vultr VPS :)!"

  })

  m.Run()

}

When done, save and run go run server.go. Provided that you do not see any errors on your terminal, then you can proceed to the next step.

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