make plugin is trying to install in /usr/lib/golang/pkg/linux_ppc64le_cgo/runtime/ and doesn't have permissions

On a ppc64le server running RHEL 7.6, the install fails because of directory permissions:

go install runtime/internal/sys: open /usr/lib/golang/pkg/linux_ppc64le_cgo/runtime/internal/sys.a: permission denied

I interpreted the documentation to say that plugins are installed in $HOME/.kube directory