thanks for this information. 

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 10:00:09 PM UTC+3 Péter Szilágyi wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   Leave GOROOT alone. It should either be unset, or set to the 
> installation folder (correct in your case). On the other hand, the GOPATH 
> should *not* point to the Go installation, but rather to your workspace 
> (see https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH). Whenever you install some 
> package with go get or go install, it will land within the GOPATH. That is 
> why it warns you, that you most definitely do *not* want random packages 
> from the internet to be dumped into your official installation.
>
>   Create one or more folders where you'd like to develop Go code and set 
> those as your GOPATH (note, if multiple are set, then go get will pull and 
> install packages into the first).
>
> Cheers,
>   Peter
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 9:43 PM, <empt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, 
>>
>> I have extracted this file (go1.3.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz) to /usr/local. 
>>
>> I have added only these environment variables to .bashrc
>>
>> export GOPATH=/usr/local/go
>> export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
>>
>> When I type go version or any go command, I receive:
>>
>> warning: GOPATH set to GOROOT (/usr/local/go) has no effect
>>
>> When I type:
>>
>> go env
>>
>> I am informed
>>
>> ...
>> GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
>> ...
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how this GOROOT env is being set and how I can unset 
>> it?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Aidy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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