GOPATH environment variable not set

Question

I'm trying to install the Oracle Driver for Go (go-oci8) following these instructions

The problem I'm facing is with the $GOPATH environment variable. When I execute the command:

sudo go get github.com/mattn/go-oci8

I get the error :

cannot download, $GOPATH not set. For more details see: go help gopath

However, I have the GOPATH properly set. My environment looks like this:

env | grep GO

GOARCH=amd64
GOROOT=/usr/local/go
GOOS=linux
GOPATH=/home/myuser/go/

ls $GOPATH
bin pkg src

I've found a similar post but the solution does not apply to my case.

Answer 1

Sudo won't honor all your ENV variables for some very good security reasons.

The simplest way to fix this is /bin/env

sudo /bin/env GOPATH=/home/myuser/go go get <stuff>

But you don't need to do that, you really shouldn't need root to write to GOPATH, only GOROOT.