Support for Go is not built into protoc. Instead, Go code gen relies on a protoc plugin. A serious omission from the help output for protoc is how to use plugins:
--<plugin>_out Generate source code by invoking plugin program named protoc-gen-<plugin>. So, to use the --go_out flag, you need to install the Go plugin, which is named protoc-gen-go <https://github.com/golang/protobuf/tree/master/protoc-gen-go>. To install that plugin, you can use the Go tool: go get github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go When protoc tries to invoke protoc-gen-go, it will expect to find it in your PATH environment. But you can also use a --plugin flag to protoc to tell it exactly where the plugin binary lives. ---- *Josh Humphries* jh...@bluegosling.com On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:57 PM Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan < vdhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a minor question. When I run "protoc --help", I do not see "go_out" > option but I see others: > > --cpp_out=OUT_DIR Generate C++ header and source. > --csharp_out=OUT_DIR Generate C# source file. > --java_out=OUT_DIR Generate Java source file. > --js_out=OUT_DIR Generate JavaScript source. > --objc_out=OUT_DIR Generate Objective C header and source. > --php_out=OUT_DIR Generate PHP source file. > --python_out=OUT_DIR Generate Python source file. > --ruby_out=OUT_DIR Generate Ruby source file. > > Is it a minor bug or am I missing something? > > Thanks > dharani > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
