go-lang-plugin-org/go-lang-idea-plugin

can't start a go project.

connelevalsam opened this issue · 2 comments

connelevalsam commented

  • Plugin version (or commit hash):Go 1.7.1

  • IDE name and version:Intellij CE

  • Java version:1.8.0_111

  • OS name and version: Ubuntu 16.04LTS

  • What are you trying to do?
    Start a go project though I've already started running it with sublime text2 and terminal.

  • What would you expect to happen?
    for it to be straight to the point.

  • What happens?
    Directory '/usr/local/go/src' is not writable!
    Please choose another project location.

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Followed your screenshot wiki docs but it's not getting past the choose project location where you suggested GOPATH which is ~/usr/local/go/src

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dlsniper commented

the docs say to use ~/go not /usr/local/go. Do not create projects inside GOROOT.

connelevalsam commented

good morning @dlsniper did that, it created a folder in my home directory. It works fine. Thanks to the intelliJ community and team.