gostall

README

gostall: Go Binary Installer

Overview

gostall is a lightweight Go build tool that empowers you to take control of your binary names when installing go packages. Whether you're working with local or remote Go projects, gostall simplifies the build and installation process.

Why?

Sometimes we need to install binaries but do not want them to be installed under their module or folder name. For local packages we can use the go build -o PATH_TO_BIN, however this does not work when working with remote packages. There's no equivalent go install -o flag either.

Have you ever tried to install a local package but its folder has an unfortunate name such as cmd or src ? Gostall can help. Have you ever tried to install a different version of a binary and do not want the new install to override your old one? Gostall can help.

Usage

path: The path to the Go project. It can be a local or remote (GitHub) repository. name: Your preferred name for the binary or the local path to the output file

gostall [path] [name]

Examples

Local Path

gostall ./myproject mybinary

Remote Path

gostall github.com/user/repo@latest mybinary

Local Output

By default gostall builds your binaries under GOBIN with the name provided for them. If however the name provided is a multi segment filepath it will build it to that location instead.

# Install to under GOBIN
gostall github.com/user/repo@latest example

# Install/Build it to the current working directory as `./example`
gostall github.com/user/repo@latest ./example

Installation

go install github.com/davidmdm/gostall@latest

# if you wish to install it under a different you can use gostall to do so!
gostall github.com/davidmdm/gostall@latest what-i-want

Requirements

Go 1.16 or later

Configuration

GOBIN: The location where the binary will be installed.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.