Why does Golang install packages in the wrong place?

Question

go

When installing a package ( go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql), golang places it not in $GOPATH/src/, but in $GOPATH/pkg/mod
Moreover, in $GOPATHaddition to pkg/, there is neither bin/ nor src/

Please help, how does this happen?

Answer 1

From version 1.6, modules are enabled by default, regulated by this GO111MODULE environment variable, if you need the old behavior, then set it off, more details here https://go.dev/blog/go116-module-changes
But it's better to migrate to modules