diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 07dce6d6..02602049 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ archive:
   name_template: '{{ .Binary }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}'
   files:
     - COPYING
-    - README*
+    - README.md
 
 snapshot:
   name_template: SNAPSHOT-{{ .Commit }}
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d25e8d09..a7ed0d6f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ install:
 - go get -t -v . ./regressiontests
 - gometalinter --install
 go:
-- 1.8.x
 - 1.9.x
 - 1.10.x
 script: go test -v . ./regressiontests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8305e3de..351ec8d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   - [What's the best way to use `gometalinter` in CI?](#whats-the-best-way-to-use-gometalinter-in-ci)
   - [How do I make `gometalinter` work with Go 1.5 vendoring?](#how-do-i-make-gometalinter-work-with-go-15-vendoring)
   - [Why does `gometalinter --install` install a fork of gocyclo?](#why-does-gometalinter---install-install-a-fork-of-gocyclo)
+  - [Many unexpected errors are being reported](#many-unexpected-errors-are-being-reported)
   - [Gometalinter is not working](#gometalinter-is-not-working)
     - [1. Update to the latest build of gometalinter and all linters](#1-update-to-the-latest-build-of-gometalinter-and-all-linters)
     - [2. Analyse the debug output](#2-analyse-the-debug-output)
@@ -315,6 +316,13 @@ unusably slow when vendoring. The recursive behaviour can be achieved with
 gometalinter by explicitly specifying `<path>/...`. There is a
 [pull request](https://github.com/fzipp/gocyclo/pull/1) open.
 
+### Many unexpected errors are being reported
+
+If you see a whole bunch of errors being reported that you wouldn't expect,
+such as compile errors, this typically means that something is wrong with your
+Go environment. Try `go install` and fix any issues with your go installation,
+then try gometalinter again.
+
 ### Gometalinter is not working
 
 That's more of a statement than a question, but okay.
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d585eb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Code generated by godownloader on 2018-05-08T08:53:30Z. DO NOT EDIT.
+#
+
+usage() {
+  this=$1
+  cat <<EOF
+$this: download go binaries for alecthomas/gometalinter
+
+Usage: $this [-b] bindir [-d] [tag]
+  -b sets bindir or installation directory, Defaults to ./bin
+  -d turns on debug logging
+   [tag] is a tag from
+   https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter/releases
+   If tag is missing, then the latest will be used.
+
+ Generated by godownloader
+  https://github.com/goreleaser/godownloader
+
+EOF
+  exit 2
+}
+
+parse_args() {
+  #BINDIR is ./bin unless set be ENV
+  # over-ridden by flag below
+
+  BINDIR=${BINDIR:-./bin}
+  while getopts "b:dh?" arg; do
+    case "$arg" in
+      b) BINDIR="$OPTARG" ;;
+      d) log_set_priority 10 ;;
+      h | \?) usage "$0" ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+  TAG=$1
+}
+# this function wraps all the destructive operations
+# if a curl|bash cuts off the end of the script due to
+# network, either nothing will happen or will syntax error
+# out preventing half-done work
+execute() {
+  tmpdir=$(mktmpdir)
+  log_debug "downloading files into ${tmpdir}"
+  http_download "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${TARBALL_URL}"
+  http_download "${tmpdir}/${CHECKSUM}" "${CHECKSUM_URL}"
+  hash_sha256_verify "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${tmpdir}/${CHECKSUM}"
+  srcdir="${tmpdir}/${NAME}"
+  rm -rf "${srcdir}"
+  (cd "${tmpdir}" && untar "${TARBALL}")
+  install -d "${BINDIR}"
+  for binexe in "gometalinter" "gocyclo" "nakedret" "misspell" "govet" "gas" "golint" "ineffassign" "goconst" "errcheck" "maligned" "unconvert" "dupl" "structcheck" "varcheck" "safesql" "deadcode" "lll" "goimports" "gotype" "gosimple" "megacheck" "staticcheck" "unused" "interfacer" "unparam" ; do
+    if [ "$OS" = "windows" ]; then
+      binexe="${binexe}.exe"
+    fi
+    install "${srcdir}/${binexe}" "${BINDIR}/"
+    log_info "installed ${BINDIR}/${binexe}"
+  done
+}
+is_supported_platform() {
+  platform=$1
+  found=1
+  case "$platform" in
+    darwin/amd64) found=0 ;;
+    darwin/i386) found=0 ;;
+    windows/amd64) found=0 ;;
+    windows/i386) found=0 ;;
+    linux/amd64) found=0 ;;
+    linux/i386) found=0 ;;
+  esac
+  return $found
+}
+check_platform() {
+  if is_supported_platform "$PLATFORM"; then
+    # optional logging goes here
+    true
+  else
+    log_crit "platform $PLATFORM is not supported.  Make sure this script is up-to-date and file request at https://github.com/${PREFIX}/issues/new"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+tag_to_version() {
+  if [ -z "${TAG}" ]; then
+    log_info "checking GitHub for latest tag"
+  else
+    log_info "checking GitHub for tag '${TAG}'"
+  fi
+  REALTAG=$(github_release "$OWNER/$REPO" "${TAG}") && true
+  if test -z "$REALTAG"; then
+    log_crit "unable to find '${TAG}' - use 'latest' or see https://github.com/${PREFIX}/releases for details"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  # if version starts with 'v', remove it
+  TAG="$REALTAG"
+  VERSION=${TAG#v}
+}
+adjust_format() {
+  # change format (tar.gz or zip) based on ARCH
+  case ${ARCH} in
+    windows) FORMAT=zip ;;
+  esac
+  true
+}
+adjust_os() {
+  # adjust archive name based on OS
+  true
+}
+adjust_arch() {
+  # adjust archive name based on ARCH
+  true
+}
+
+cat /dev/null <<EOF
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+https://github.com/client9/shlib - portable posix shell functions
+Public domain - http://unlicense.org
+https://github.com/client9/shlib/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+but credit (and pull requests) appreciated.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+is_command() {
+  command -v "$1" >/dev/null
+}
+echoerr() {
+  echo "$@" 1>&2
+}
+log_prefix() {
+  echo "$0"
+}
+_logp=6
+log_set_priority() {
+  _logp="$1"
+}
+log_priority() {
+  if test -z "$1"; then
+    echo "$_logp"
+    return
+  fi
+  [ "$1" -le "$_logp" ]
+}
+log_tag() {
+  case $1 in
+    0) echo "emerg" ;;
+    1) echo "alert" ;;
+    2) echo "crit" ;;
+    3) echo "err" ;;
+    4) echo "warning" ;;
+    5) echo "notice" ;;
+    6) echo "info" ;;
+    7) echo "debug" ;;
+    *) echo "$1" ;;
+  esac
+}
+log_debug() {
+  log_priority 7 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 7)" "$@"
+}
+log_info() {
+  log_priority 6 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 6)" "$@"
+}
+log_err() {
+  log_priority 3 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 3)" "$@"
+}
+log_crit() {
+  log_priority 2 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 2)" "$@"
+}
+uname_os() {
+  os=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+  case "$os" in
+    msys_nt) os="windows" ;;
+  esac
+  echo "$os"
+}
+uname_arch() {
+  arch=$(uname -m)
+  case $arch in
+    x86_64) arch="amd64" ;;
+    x86) arch="386" ;;
+    i686) arch="386" ;;
+    i386) arch="386" ;;
+    aarch64) arch="arm64" ;;
+    armv5*) arch="armv5" ;;
+    armv6*) arch="armv6" ;;
+    armv7*) arch="armv7" ;;
+  esac
+  echo ${arch}
+}
+uname_os_check() {
+  os=$(uname_os)
+  case "$os" in
+    darwin) return 0 ;;
+    dragonfly) return 0 ;;
+    freebsd) return 0 ;;
+    linux) return 0 ;;
+    android) return 0 ;;
+    nacl) return 0 ;;
+    netbsd) return 0 ;;
+    openbsd) return 0 ;;
+    plan9) return 0 ;;
+    solaris) return 0 ;;
+    windows) return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  log_crit "uname_os_check '$(uname -s)' got converted to '$os' which is not a GOOS value. Please file bug at https://github.com/client9/shlib"
+  return 1
+}
+uname_arch_check() {
+  arch=$(uname_arch)
+  case "$arch" in
+    386) return 0 ;;
+    amd64) return 0 ;;
+    arm64) return 0 ;;
+    armv5) return 0 ;;
+    armv6) return 0 ;;
+    armv7) return 0 ;;
+    ppc64) return 0 ;;
+    ppc64le) return 0 ;;
+    mips) return 0 ;;
+    mipsle) return 0 ;;
+    mips64) return 0 ;;
+    mips64le) return 0 ;;
+    s390x) return 0 ;;
+    amd64p32) return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  log_crit "uname_arch_check '$(uname -m)' got converted to '$arch' which is not a GOARCH value.  Please file bug report at https://github.com/client9/shlib"
+  return 1
+}
+untar() {
+  tarball=$1
+  case "${tarball}" in
+    *.tar.gz | *.tgz) tar -xzf "${tarball}" ;;
+    *.tar) tar -xf "${tarball}" ;;
+    *.zip) unzip "${tarball}" ;;
+    *)
+      log_err "untar unknown archive format for ${tarball}"
+      return 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+mktmpdir() {
+  test -z "$TMPDIR" && TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+  mkdir -p "${TMPDIR}"
+  echo "${TMPDIR}"
+}
+http_download_curl() {
+  local_file=$1
+  source_url=$2
+  header=$3
+  if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+    code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
+  else
+    code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -H "$header" -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
+  fi
+  if [ "$code" != "200" ]; then
+    log_debug "http_download_curl received HTTP status $code"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
+http_download_wget() {
+  local_file=$1
+  source_url=$2
+  header=$3
+  if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+    wget -q -O "$local_file" "$source_url"
+  else
+    wget -q --header "$header" -O "$local_file" "$source_url"
+  fi
+}
+http_download() {
+  log_debug "http_download $2"
+  if is_command curl; then
+    http_download_curl "$@"
+    return
+  elif is_command wget; then
+    http_download_wget "$@"
+    return
+  fi
+  log_crit "http_download unable to find wget or curl"
+  return 1
+}
+http_copy() {
+  tmp=$(mktemp)
+  http_download "${tmp}" "$1" "$2" || return 1
+  body=$(cat "$tmp")
+  rm -f "${tmp}"
+  echo "$body"
+}
+github_release() {
+  owner_repo=$1
+  version=$2
+  test -z "$version" && version="latest"
+  giturl="https://github.com/${owner_repo}/releases/${version}"
+  json=$(http_copy "$giturl" "Accept:application/json")
+  test -z "$json" && return 1
+  version=$(echo "$json" | tr -s '\n' ' ' | sed 's/.*"tag_name":"//' | sed 's/".*//')
+  test -z "$version" && return 1
+  echo "$version"
+}
+hash_sha256() {
+  TARGET=${1:-/dev/stdin}
+  if is_command gsha256sum; then
+    hash=$(gsha256sum "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command sha256sum; then
+    hash=$(sha256sum "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command shasum; then
+    hash=$(shasum -a 256 "$TARGET" 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command openssl; then
+    hash=$(openssl -dst openssl dgst -sha256 "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f a
+  else
+    log_crit "hash_sha256 unable to find command to compute sha-256 hash"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+hash_sha256_verify() {
+  TARGET=$1
+  checksums=$2
+  if [ -z "$checksums" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify checksum file not specified in arg2"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  BASENAME=${TARGET##*/}
+  want=$(grep "${BASENAME}" "${checksums}" 2>/dev/null | tr '\t' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+  if [ -z "$want" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify unable to find checksum for '${TARGET}' in '${checksums}'"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  got=$(hash_sha256 "$TARGET")
+  if [ "$want" != "$got" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify checksum for '$TARGET' did not verify ${want} vs $got"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+cat /dev/null <<EOF
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+End of functions from https://github.com/client9/shlib
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+
+PROJECT_NAME="gometalinter"
+OWNER=alecthomas
+REPO="gometalinter"
+BINARY=gometalinter
+FORMAT=tar.gz
+OS=$(uname_os)
+ARCH=$(uname_arch)
+PREFIX="$OWNER/$REPO"
+
+# use in logging routines
+log_prefix() {
+	echo "$PREFIX"
+}
+PLATFORM="${OS}/${ARCH}"
+GITHUB_DOWNLOAD=https://github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}/releases/download
+
+uname_os_check "$OS"
+uname_arch_check "$ARCH"
+
+parse_args "$@"
+
+check_platform
+
+tag_to_version
+
+adjust_format
+
+adjust_os
+
+adjust_arch
+
+log_info "found version: ${VERSION} for ${TAG}/${OS}/${ARCH}"
+
+NAME=${BINARY}-${VERSION}-${OS}-${ARCH}
+TARBALL=${NAME}.${FORMAT}
+TARBALL_URL=${GITHUB_DOWNLOAD}/${TAG}/${TARBALL}
+CHECKSUM=${PROJECT_NAME}-${VERSION}-checksums.txt
+CHECKSUM_URL=${GITHUB_DOWNLOAD}/${TAG}/${CHECKSUM}
+
+
+execute
diff --git a/scripts/installer.sh b/scripts/installer.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b500ea84..00000000
--- a/scripts/installer.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-TAR_FILE="/tmp/gometalinter.tar.gz"
-RELEASES_URL="https://github.com/gometalinter/gometalinter/releases"
-test -z "$TMPDIR" && TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
-
-last_version() {
-  curl -sL -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} "$RELEASES_URL/latest" |
-    rev |
-    cut -f1 -d'/'|
-    rev
-}
-
-download() {
-  test -z "$VERSION" && VERSION="$(last_version)"
-  test -z "$VERSION" && {
-    echo "Unable to get gometalinter version." >&2
-    exit 1
-  }
-  rm -f "$TAR_FILE"
-  curl -s -L -o "$TAR_FILE" \
-    "$RELEASES_URL/download/$VERSION/gometalinter_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m).tar.gz"
-}
-
-download
-tar -xf "$TAR_FILE" -C "$TMPDIR"
-"${TMPDIR}/gometalinter" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/package.sh b/scripts/package.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 02dacd74..00000000
--- a/scripts/package.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-# Only build packages for tagged releases
-TAG="$(git tag -l --points-at HEAD)"
-
-export CGO_ENABLED=0
-
-GO_VERSION="$(go version | awk '{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1-2)"
-
-if [ "$GO_VERSION" != "go1.9" ]; then
-  echo "$0: not packaging; not on Go 1.9"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if echo "$TAG" | grep -q '^v[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\(-.*\)?$' && false; then
-  echo "$0: not packaging; no tag or tag not in semver format"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-LINTERS="
-  github.com/alecthomas/gocyclo
-  github.com/alexkohler/nakedret
-  github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
-  github.com/GoASTScanner/gas
-  github.com/golang/lint/golint
-  github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign
-  github.com/jgautheron/goconst/cmd/goconst
-  github.com/kisielk/errcheck
-  github.com/mdempsky/maligned
-  github.com/mdempsky/unconvert
-  github.com/mibk/dupl
-  github.com/opennota/check/cmd/structcheck
-  github.com/opennota/check/cmd/varcheck
-  github.com/stripe/safesql
-  github.com/tsenart/deadcode
-  github.com/walle/lll/cmd/lll
-  golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
-  golang.org/x/tools/cmd/gotype
-  honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/gosimple
-  honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/megacheck
-  honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
-  honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/unused
-  mvdan.cc/interfacer
-  mvdan.cc/unparam
-"
-
-eval "$(go env | FS='' awk '{printf "REAL_%s\n", $0}')"
-
-function install_go_binary() {
-  local SRC
-  if [ "$GOOS" = "$REAL_GOOS" -a "$GOARCH" = "$REAL_GOARCH" ]; then
-    SRC="${GOPATH}/bin"
-  else
-    SRC="${GOPATH}/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}"
-  fi
-  install -m 755 "${SRC}/${1}${SUFFIX}" "${2}"
-}
-
-function packager() {
-  if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then
-    zip -9 -r -o "${1}".zip "${1}" 1>&2
-    echo "${1}".zip
-  else
-    tar cvfj "${1}".tar.bz2 "${1}" 1>&2
-    echo "${1}".tar.bz2
-  fi
-}
-
-rm -rf "${PWD}/dist"
-
-for GOOS in linux darwin windows; do
-  SUFFIX=""
-  if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then
-    SUFFIX=".exe"
-  fi
-
-  for GOARCH in 386 amd64; do
-    export GOPATH="${REAL_GOPATH}"
-    DEST="${PWD}/dist/gometalinter-${TAG}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}"
-    install -d -m 755 "${DEST}/linters"
-    install -m 644 COPYING "${DEST}"
-    install -m 644 README.md "${DEST}"
-    echo "${DEST}"
-    export GOOS GOARCH
-
-    go build -i .
-    go build -o "${DEST}/gometalinter${SUFFIX}" -ldflags="-X main.Version=${TAG}" .
-
-    export GOPATH="$PWD/_linters"
-
-    go install -v ${LINTERS}
-    for LINTER in ${LINTERS}; do
-      install_go_binary $(basename ${LINTER}) "${DEST}/linters"
-    done
-
-    OUTPUT="$(cd "${PWD}/dist" && packager "$(basename ${DEST})")"
-    (cd "${PWD}/dist" && shasum -a 256 "${OUTPUT}" > "${OUTPUT}.sha256")
-  done
-done