How to compile a Go package on Windows?

The documentation is all for Mac OS X and Linux, and I wish to know how to compile a Go package on the Windows platform. On Windows, I do not know how to write the make file and which tool to use to make it.

It seems that there is not a tool named make or go make to use with the installation file of Go development tools.

Compiling a Go package on Windows is like compiling a Go package on Linux or Mac OS X. Use the go build command. There is no make file.

Here are some instructions.

Getting Started

How to Write Go Code

Compile packages and dependencies

There are no more Makefiles needed in Go, so the make tool isn't necessary. You also do not need cygwin.

If you do not seem to have a valid go command in your windows shell, then try following the official docs on installing Go for windows

> Zip archive
>
> Extract the zip file to the directory of your choice (we suggest
> c:\Go).
>
> If you chose a directory other than c:\Go, you must set the GOROOT
> environment variable to your chosen path.
>
> Add the bin subdirectory of your Go root (for example, c:\Go\bin) to
> to your PATH environment variable.
>
> MSI installer (experimental)
>
> Open the MSI file and follow the prompts to install the Go tools. By
> default, the installer puts the Go distribution in c:\Go.
>
> The installer should put the c:\Go\bin directory in your PATH
> environment variable. You may need to restart any open command prompts
> for the change to take effect.
>
> Setting environment variables under Windows
>
> Under Windows, you may set environment variables through the
> "Environment Variables" button on the "Advanced" tab of the "System"
> control panel. Some versions of Windows provide this control panel
> through the "Advanced System Settings" option inside the "System"
> control panel.

The last section is important. Your windows PATH environment variable needs to have C:\Go\bin, so that you will have go in your path.

from: Golang windows, a complete setup guide, http://noypi-linux.blogspot.com/2014/07/golang-windows-complete-setup-guide.html

1) download ZIP

> Get the latest code from: http://golang.org/dl/

2) extract ZIP

> Extract zip to example C:\local\dev\go

3) create a gopath directory,

> Gopath is where third parties will be stored. Example if you will
> execute a "go get github.com/somelib", this library will be stored in
> gopath. Create a c:\local\dev\gopath

4) set the environmental variables

> open System Properties->Advanced->Environmental Variables

GOROOT=C:\local\dev\go
GOBIN=%GOROOT%\bin
GOPATH=c:\local\dev\gopath

5) add your gobin to PATH

> append C:\local\dev\go\bin to PATH

6) test

6.1) create the path "C:\local\dev\gopath\src\myfirstproject"

6.2) create the main.go file "C:\local\dev\gopath\src\myfirstproject\main.go"

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hi foobar")
}

6.2) you can now build the project anywhere example,

6.2.1) open cmd.exe

6.2.2) cd c:\temp

6.2.3) go build myfirstproject

6.2.4) run myfirstproject.exe

7) get a few libraries

7.1) you can download some free git, svn, and hg for windows

7.2) once you have them you can now do "go get -u github.com/somelib"

8) get an IDE

> download liteide

congrats!

1: http://noypi-linux.blogspot.com/2014/07/golang-windows-complete-setup-guide.html "Golang windows, a complete setup guide"