go get: no install location for directory /opt/gobuster outside GOPATH

[kerbroasted]

When running: sudo go get && go build from /opt/gobuster/ I get the following

go get: no install location for directory /opt/gobuster outside GOPATH
For more details see: 'go help gopath'

[AnotherWayIn]

try without sudo and cd into /gobuster then go build

[codingo]

In main.go you'll notice the following:

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/OJ/gobuster/libgobuster"
)

Specifically, this line:

github.com/OJ/gobuster/libgobuster

What this is doing when you do a go build is checking for the library:

$GOPATH/github.com/OJ/gobuster/libgobuster

Typically, your gopath will default to /go/ under your home directory. So, if you're on kali linux and you've done a barebone go install, that path will be /root/go/.

There's a few solutions to this:

• Change your gopath
• Have the repositories in both gopath and opt
• Move your program to your gopath

Option 1 is fairly easy for you to google, as it option 3. Since option 2 accomplishes what you are asking here, let's focus on that:

Gathering Dependencies

To add the gobuster dependencies to your gopath, you do the following:

go get github.com/OJ/gobuster

Build the application

You can then do a go build in your opt folder, and it will work.

Updating

If you take this approach you can't simply git pull and rebuild when updates come out. If you take this route each time you'll need to also update the second location, in your gopath, using the following:

go get -u github.com/OJ/gobuster

[OJ]

Thanks @codingo for handling this one.

[ranzbak]

For me it worked to execute :
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
This got rid of the error:
go get: no install location for directory /X/ outside GOPATH For more details see: 'go help gopath'
I hope this helps.