Having trouble installing golint

[gary.wi...@victoriaplumb.com]

I'm having trouble installing golint. Any idea what the problem could be?

$ go get -u -v github.com/golang/lint/golint
github.com/golang/lint (download)
package github.com/golang/lint/golint: code in directory /home/gary/Code/go/src/github.com/golang/lint/golint expects import "golang.org/x/lint/golint"

[Sam Whited]

As the error says, you need to use golang.org/x/lint/golint:

go get -u -v golang.org/x/lint/golint

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[kalekold]

I've already tried that and the original command still fails.

$ go get -u -v golang.org/x/lint/golint
Fetching https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1 (status code 200)
get "golang.org/x/lint/golint": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/lint", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/lint"} at https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1
get "golang.org/x/lint/golint": verifying non-authoritative meta tag
Fetching https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 (status code 200)
golang.org/x/lint (download)
Fetching https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 (status code 200)
get "golang.org/x/lint": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/lint", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/lint"} at https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1
Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil?go-get=1 (status code 200)
get "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/tools", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/tools"} at https://golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil?go-get=1
get "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil": verifying non-authoritative meta tag
Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/tools?go-get=1 (status code 200)
golang.org/x/tools (download)
Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata?go-get=1 (status code 200)
get "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/tools", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/tools"} at https://golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata?go-get=1
get "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata": verifying non-authoritative meta tag
Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter?go-get=1
Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter?go-get=1 (status code 200)
get "golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/tools", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/tools"} at https://golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter?go-get=1
get "golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter": verifying non-authoritative meta tag

$ go get -u -v github.com/golang/lint/golint
github.com/golang/lint (download)
package github.com/golang/lint/golint: code in directory /media/Data/Projects/Go/src/github.com/golang/lint/golint expects import "golang.org/x/lint/golint"

[Jason Phillips]

Why do you think the first command (at golang.org) failed? Looks like everything worked to me.

[Sam Whited]

TL;DR — you don't need to run the second command, just the first one.

I'm sorry for being unclear. Go get looks up packages by their import path. The import path of golint is "golang.org/x/lint/golint", so the second command you ran with the github URL will never work since that is the repo, not the package path. When you run go get golang.org/x/lint/golint it will look up the repo, discover that it lives at GitHub, clone it, and build it.

If you don't specify another package import path and you host your source on GitHub the github.com url is the default one, which may be why you are confused. However, golint specifies a custom import path (golang.org/x/lint/golint) so you need to use that.

—Sam

> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, at 10:12, gary.wi...@victoriaplumb.com <javascript:>

> > wrote:
> > > I'm having trouble installing golint. Any idea what the problem could
> > be?
> > >
> > > $ go get -u -v github.com/golang/lint/golint
> > > github.com/golang/lint (download)
> > > package github.com/golang/lint/golint: code in directory
> > /home/gary/Code/go/
> > > src/github.com/golang/lint/golint expects import "
> > golang.org/x/lint/golint"
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[kalekold]

It must have been a configuration issue on the remote server because it all works fine now.