GOPATH not found error from the Gofmt plugin within SublimeText

Question

I keep getting this error within Sublime Text, after installing the gofmt package:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/abrahma/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages/Gofmt.sublime-package/gofmt.py", line 257, in run_formatter
    formatter = Formatter(view)
  File "/Users/abrahma/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages/Gofmt.sublime-package/gofmt.py", line 166, in __init__
    self.cmds = [Command(cmd, self.view, self.window) for cmd in cmds]
  File "/Users/abrahma/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages/Gofmt.sublime-package/gofmt.py", line 166, in <listcomp>
    self.cmds = [Command(cmd, self.view, self.window) for cmd in cmds]
  File "/Users/abrahma/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages/Gofmt.sublime-package/gofmt.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.window)
  File "/Users/abrahma/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/golangconfig/all/golangconfig.py", line 227, in subprocess_info
    raise exception
golangconfig.EnvVarError: The following environment variable is currently unset: GOPATH

My `` file has the following:

    "env" : {
        "GOPATH" : "/Users/abrahma/git/go",
        "GOROOT" : "/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.12.7/libexec",
    }

(which matches the output of go env on my terminal)

I also have a golang.sublime-settings file with the following:

{
    "env" : {
        "GOPATH" : "/Users/abrahma/git/go",
        "GOROOT" : "/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.12.7/libexec",
    }
}

So, for some reason, the GOPATH above clearly isn't getting picked up, any ideas why?

(and that made me realize ... I needed it in my `.zprofile` -- done, works!) — agam, Oct 26 '19 at 05:14

Surya · Answer 1 · 2020-08-23T13:13:34.947

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Instructions for setting the variables on different OS are mentioned in this doc https://github.com/golang/sublime-config/blob/master/docs/user.md

I use Sublime3 with GolangConfig in macOs and ran into the same error. Setting the below in golang.sublime-settings helped me fix the issue.

{
    "PATH": "/Users/suryapandian/go/bin",
    "GOPATH": "/Users/suryapandian/go"
}

Note: Attaching pic below to locate golang.sublime-settings

edited Aug 23 '20 at 13:13

answered Jul 03 '20 at 11:22

Surya

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this fixed it for me! what a helpful and thorough answer, thank you! – Brendan W Aug 26 '22 at 18:12
thank you. glad i could be of help – Surya Aug 29 '22 at 18:09

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '19 at 05:16

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Thanks to the suggestion by @lbu, I realized that I needed this to exist in my login shell (~/.zprofile in my case), and it works fine now.

answered Oct 26 '19 at 05:16

agam

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I don't have a ~/.zprofile... Do i need to create it and add `export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)`? – Pylinux Jan 21 '20 at 11:23
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Lol, had this error again, in a new place, and ... found my old question. Sheesh, I didn't _really_ learn after all :-) – agam Jan 24 '22 at 20:33
@Pylinux sorry I never answered your question (two years ago!) but ...yes. – agam Jan 24 '22 at 20:34

GOPATH not found error from the Gofmt plugin within SublimeText

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