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$ go get github.com/qqq/qqq
package github.com/qqq/qqq: mkdir /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/qqq/: permission denied
I don't want to contaminate my system with non-dpkg-managed content, and I don't want to run untrusted compilations as root. Yet go get is usually primary way distributing Go programs.
How to download a build Go program and dependencies without root?
You need to configure GOPATH environment variable to point to the location for which you have write permissions. Go program and dependencies will be downloaded to GOPATH.
