Command 'wails' not found in linux, Error installing wails Go

Question

I'm trying to install wails in Ubuntu 22.04.

Go version go1.20.3 and NPM version 6.14.11 are already installed on my system.

I followed all steps from the official website tutorial.

There have been no errors with the steps mentioned in above tutorial.

But when I try the following command

$ wails version

or

$ wails doctor

then I get the error

$ Command 'wails' not found

Answer 1

go is already installed in my system

when I run go version command it run correctly

but the directory where go installed that is home/[username]/go/bin/ was not added in PATH environment.

I followed these steps to add it in PATH environment:

1. Opened the terminal

2. Open the ~/.bashrc file

$ nano ~/.bashrc

3. Go to bottom of the file and add following line

$ export PATH=$PATH:/home/[username]/go/bin/

you should use the actual path of go/bin folder where the go is installed

don't forget to add / at the end

4. Press Ctrl + X to exit nano editor, and type "Y" to save changes.
5. Finally run the following command

$ source ~/.bashrc

PATH is successfully added

Now when I run wails version command it don't give me any error.

Answer 2

It looks like an environement variable issue, take a look at the faq about that (https://wails.io/docs/guides/troubleshooting/#the-wails-command-appears-to-be-missing)

Adding it to bashrc may not be enough to fix your issue, You should probably set your environement variables in .profile. Take a look at those awnsers explaining the avalible files used to set up environement varaibles https://serverfault.com/q/261802

Answer 3

Follow These Commands

export GOPATH=~/go 
go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest
export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
source ~/.bashrc
wails version

devn@macbook-pro-2 ~ % wails version v2.4.1