How do I install requirements in Go? "cannot find package"
GoGo Problem Overview
I'm new to Go and I'm trying to set up a Go project with minimal documentation: https://github.com/alphagov/metadata-api
I've cloned it, but when I try go build
I get the following warnings:
main.go:8:2: cannot find package "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus" in any of:
/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3.3/libexec/src/pkg/github.com/Sirupsen/logrus (from $GOROOT)
/Users/me/go/src/github.com/Sirupsen/logrus (from $GOPATH)
main.go:14:2: cannot find package "github.com/alphagov/metadata-api/content_api" in any of:
/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3.3/libexec/src/pkg/github.com/alphagov/metadata-api/content_api (from $GOROOT)
/Users/me/go/src/github.com/alphagov/metadata-api/content_api (from $GOPATH)
I'm guessing this is because I haven't installed the Go equivalent of requirements?
My GOPATH
is set:
metadata-api$ echo $GOPATH
/Users/me/go
And the Go executable is in
metadata-ape$ echo $PATH
....:/Users/me/go/bin
What do I need to do to help Go find these packages?
Go Solutions
Solution 1 - Go
You should install package first:
try
$ go get github.com/Sirupsen/logrus
and check you $GOPATH
dir
This project use gom
as the package manager,
Make sure you have installed gom
or try this command
$ gom install
I think your $GOPATH
and $PATH
settings are incorrect, the $GOPATH
environment variable specifies the location of your workspace, these are my path settings:
export GOROOT=$HOME/bin/go
export GOBIN=$GOROOT/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/golang
export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN
Solution 2 - Go
I had similar issue and
export GO111MODULE=on
helped.
Solution 3 - Go
Was able to fix the similar issue in Go 1.13.7 by typing:
export GOPATH=~/go
go get github.com/profile/repository
(e.g. github.com/Sirupsen/logrus)
Solution 4 - Go
When you need your code to do something that might have been implemented by someone else (in Github or a package somewhere else), You should initialize a go mod file inside of your folder.)
For the purposes of this example, I'll just use example.com/module.
go mod init example.com/module
Add new module requirements and sums:
go mod tidy
Run your program:
go run .
For more details, see https://golang.org/doc/tutorial/getting-started.