How to make PyCharm work with the Go plugin?

I am using PyCharm 3.1.1 and I have installed the Go plugin for IntelliJ Idea. I did export GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT) to prevent PyCharm from complaining about missing GOROOT environment variable.

Now I was able to create a sample project, but the run command complains:

> Error running untitled1.go: No Go Sdk defined for this project

On other sites I found that I should do something like:

> Go to the File -> Project Structure and configure Go SDK by clicking + button and
selecting /usr/lib/go/ folder.

But I don't have File -> Project Structure menu item.

How to make PyCharm work with the Go plugin?

You can get most of the way there with External Tools. There is no way to replace the 'Run' button until the next version of the plug-in, per Issue #728.

To set up your external tools, go to PyCharm -> Preferences (command+,) -> Tools -> External Tools -> +

Fill in the form:

Hit OK. Use it from the menus:

You can achieve it now with a Version 2016.1 or higher. I will give a complete guide, so the first steps would not be relevant for you. Also I write it using MacOS, so some names might be different. Go to

Preferences -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories -> Manage repositories and insert https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugins/alpha/5047 which is the plugin behind this repo (maintained by IntelliJ). Install that plugin.

After plugin is installed, create a .go file. When you open it you will see a popup go project sdk is not defined. Click on it and select your /usr/local/go path.

A couple of helpful links:

• go plugin documentation
• how to set up go plugin

Please use the latest release from Github releases https://github.com/go-lang-plugin-org/go-lang-idea-plugin/releases. It supports PyCharm 4.0.5+.

If you are an IntelliJ fan, you can edit and run Go using goland editor (Notice, this is not a Go plugin added to PyCharm but a different editor).

For installation on Ubontu:
sudo snap install goland --classic , or visit there website https://www.jetbrains.com/help/go/install-and-set-up-product.html

If you're running on OS X, you'll have to use the launchctl setenv command to set the GOROOT environment variable, so it's available system wide, which includes launching applications via the GUI

launchctl setenv GOROOT $(go env GOROOT)

To check it's set

launchctl getenv GOROOT

For the values to persist across reboots, you'll need to edit (or create) /etc/launchd.conf:

setenv GOROOT [path]

See this answer for more information of the format of this file. Note that you won't be able to call $(go env GOROOT) within launchd.conf