Dep

Last modified: 01 August 2022

Dep was an official experiment to implement a package manager for Go. As of 2020, Dep is deprecated and archived in favor of Go modules, which have had official support since Go 1.11. For more information about Dep, see official documentation at golang.github.io.

Create a project with Dep integration

  1. Install the dep distribution.

  2. Select File | New | Project.

  3. In the New Project page, select Dep.

  4. In the Location field, specify the path where you want to store your project.

  5. In the GOROOT field, specify the location of your Go installation. Usually, the location is defined automatically.

    To change or install a new version of Go SDK, click the Add SDK… button and select Local… to choose the Go SDK version on your hard drive, or select Download… to download Go SDK from the official repository. For more information about installing Go SDK, see Installing Go SDK.

  6. From the Dep Executable list, select a path to the dep executable. To select a path to the dep executable manually, click the Browse button ( the Browse button) and navigate to the folder with the dep executable.

  7. Click Next, specify a project name and click Finish.

    Create a project with Dep integration

note

Ensure that you create your Dep project under $GOPATH/src. The GOPATH variable points to a root directory that contains bin, pkg, and src subdirectories. The project source is under src. Tools like godep and go install operate on the project source, not on the entire GOPATH. For more details about the dep project, see the Go Workspace documentation.

tip

If you want to use any location for the project source, consider using Go modules integration.

Import dependencies

  1. Click the dependency declaration.

  2. Press Alt+Enter and select dep ensure.

    Import dependencies

tip

To see the added dependency, navigate to the vendor directory in the Project tool window.

tip

If you want to disable the Dep integration, open settings by pressing Ctrl+Alt+S and navigate to Go | Dep and clear the Enable dep integration option.

Specify the Dep executable for an existing Dep project

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Languages & Frameworks | Go | Dep.

  2. Ensure that the Enable dep integration checkbox is selected.

  3. From the Dep executable list, select the existing Dep executable. Alternatively, click the browse button the browse button and specify a path to the Dep executable on your hard drive.

    Specify the Dep executable for an existing Dep project

Installing Go SDK

Select a local copy of the Go SDK

Ensure that the provided path to the folder with Go SDK includes bin and src folders.

  1. In the New Project dialog, select Dep.

  2. Click the Add SDK… button and select Local….

  3. In the file browser, navigate to the SDK version that is on your hard drive.

  4. Click Open.

Download the Go SDK

  1. In the New Project dialog, select Dep.

  2. Click the Add SDK… button select Download….

  3. From the Version list, select the SDK version.

  4. In the Location field, specify the path for the SDK. To use a file browser, click the Browse icon the Browse icon.

  5. Click OK.