gopls command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gopls command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gopls: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gopls: command not found

In Ubuntu gopls is provided by gopls package.

gopls is:

gopls (pronounced: “go please”) is the official language server for the Go language.

The Language Server Protocol allows any text editor to be extended with IDE-like features.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gopls

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gopls.

sudo apt -y install gopls

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gopls

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gopls command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.