can't load package: package .: no buildable Go source files
GoGo Problem Overview
Here is the error message:
% go get
can't load package: package .: no buildable Go source files in /Users/7yan00
% echo $GOPATH
/Users/7yan00/Golang
How would you troubleshoot that error?
Go Solutions
Solution 1 - Go
Make sure you are using that command in the Go project source folder (like /Users/7yan00/Golang/src/myProject).
One alternative (similar to this bug) is to use the -d option (see go get command)
go get -d
> The -d flag instructs get to stop after downloading the packages; that is, it instructs get not to install the packages.
See if that helps in your case.
But more generally, as described in this thread:
> go get is for package(s), not for repositories.
>
> so if you want a specific package, say, go.text/encoding, then use
go get code.google.com/p/go.text/encoding
> if you want all packages in that repository, use ... to signify that:
go get code.google.com/p/go.text/...
Solution 2 - Go
You should check the $GOPATH directory. If there is an empty directory of the package name, go get doesn't download the package from the repository.
For example, If I want to get the github.com/googollee/go-socket.io package from it's github repository, and there is already an empty directory github.com/googollee/go-socket.io in the $GOPATH, go get doesn't download the package and then complains that there is no buildable Go source file in the directory. Delete any empty directory first of all.
Solution 3 - Go
Another possible reason for the message: > can't load package: .... : no buildable Go source files
Is when the source files being compiled have:
// +build ignore
In which case the files are ignored and not buildable as requested.This behaviour is documented at https://golang.org/pkg/go/build/
Solution 4 - Go
To resolve this for my situation:
I had to specify a more specific sub-package to install.
Wrong:
go get github.com/garyburd/redigo
Correct:
go get github.com/garyburd/redigo/redis
Solution 5 - Go
If you want all packages in that repository, use ... to signify that, like:
go get code.google.com/p/go.text/...
Solution 6 - Go
you can try to download packages from mod
go get -v all
Solution 7 - Go
I had this exact error code and after checking my repository discovered that there were no go files but actually just more directories. So it was more of a red herring than an error for me.
I would recommend doing
> go env
and making sure that everything is as it should be, check your environment variables in your OS and check to make sure your shell (bash or w/e ) isn't compromising it via something like a .bash_profile or .bashrc file. good luck.