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cmd/go: go install fails when given source file path #8424

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campoy opened this issue Jul 25, 2014 · 4 comments
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cmd/go: go install fails when given source file path #8424

campoy opened this issue Jul 25, 2014 · 4 comments
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@campoy
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campoy commented Jul 25, 2014 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. ~/bug.go contains any program compiling successfully (e.g.
http://play.golang.org/p/RQT4BfIN7h)
2. go install ~/bug.go

Reading the documentation of "go install" I expect it to fail because ~/bug.go
is not an import path.

Instead this error message is logged: "go install: no install location for .go
files listed on command line (GOBIN not set)"

In any case there's a documentation in the bug, since there's no mention $GOBIN.

Once the expected behavior clarified I'm happy to try to fix it.
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Comment 1:

Labels changed: added repo-main, release-none.

@bradfitz bradfitz removed the new label Dec 18, 2014
@rsc rsc removed the install label Apr 10, 2015
@rsc rsc added this to the Unplanned milestone Apr 10, 2015
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carstn commented Sep 14, 2015

The same incorrect error message is outputted when you go install some .go file that doesn't contain a main package.

For example, if you run go install mgorus.go on github.com/weekface/mgorus, the compiler complains:
go install: no install location for .go files listed on command line (GOBIN not set).
This doesn't describe the correct problem. The problem is that you can install only main packages, not that GOBIN is not set (echo $GOBIN returns /Users/carstn/Code/go/bin).

current go version and os: go1.5 darwin/amd64

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coltin commented Nov 12, 2015

@carstn is correct, I'm seeing the same thing. I tried to install a library with GOBIN set and I get this error message.

$ go version
go version go1.5.1 darwin/amd64

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bcmills commented Jan 23, 2019

#23439 is a duplicate of this, but has quite a bit more discussion. Consolidating into that issue.

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