This sort of "global" get/install is being discussed in https://github.com/golang/go/issues/24250 (which will also cover the documentation point). It's marked as "release blocked" for Go 1.12.
For now, I think the best approach is to: GO111MODULE=off go get -u github.com/my/package i.e. drop back to GOPATH-mode. You can optionally set GOBIN as you suggest, but not necessary because GOPATH will default to $HOME/go Paul On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 09:41, Caleb Spare <cesp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What's the best substitute for "go get my/tool" in a modules world? > > I used to be able to tell my users to set up Go with a GOPATH workspace and > then run "go get -u github.com/my/package". I can't find an equivalent > workflow now. The closest I can find is > > GOBIN=~/bin GO111MODULES=on go get github.com/my/package@latest > > But this drops go.mod/go.sum files in the current directory, which I don't > want. Is there some command to just build and put a binary in a directory > without touching any other files (outside the cache)? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
