Unable to run ginkgo bootstrap command on mac

Question

When I run this command

ginkgo bootstrap

I am getting this error

zsh: command not found: ginkgo

I have already installed ginkgo using the following command

go get -u github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo

I am unable to understand what I am doing wrong?

"I have already installed ginkgo using the following command go get -u github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo". No you didn't. go install is used to install commands. go get is used to track dependencies. — Volker
– Volker, Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 11:47
be sure your PATH env variable is configured correctly. See stackoverflow.com/a/21012349/2270041 — Matteo
– Matteo, Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 13:06
Even after using go install, the problem persists still. Any idea how to solve this. — Usman Sajid
– Usman Sajid, Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 15:39
be sure you have the $GOPATH env variable setted (just echo $GOPATH ) and double check the ginkgo is located in the $GOPATH/bin/ginkgo path — Matteo
– Matteo, Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 15:46

Noam Manos · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-10 11:17:31Z

After installing Ginkgo as described here, for example the latest version:

go env -w GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@latest go get github.com/onsi/gomega/...

Make sure GO bin is in your PATH:

go env GOPATH # /home/user/go export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

Now try to run Ginkgo:

ginkgo bootstrap Generating ginkgo test suite bootstrap for temp in: temp_suite_test.go

this worked for me. i only had to start at the "Make sure GO bin is in your PATH" part. thank you!

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