Fixing “Goland: go build -i cause open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied”

Goland as well as Go’s build sometimes throws the following issue: go build -i cause open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied. The solution to this issue is easier than it seems – we need to fix some directory permissions issues.

For me it was the following command:

sudo chown -R kananrahimov:staff /usr/local/go

This command will change the owner user and group for the go directory.

kananrahimov:staff is my system user and group. You can find it for yourself by using the following command:

ls -la

Or, simply, use the id command:

id -un && id -gn

To get more on the issue, check the following resources:

• https://github.com/golang/go/issues/37962
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60771344/go-build-i-cause-open-usr-local-go-pkg-darwin-amd64-runtime-cgo-a-permission

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