protoc-gen-go: program not found or is not executable #795

marcoippolito · 2019-01-30T12:22:53Z

Hi,
I correctly installed and protobuf in my Ubuntu 18.04.01 Server Edition following the steps here outlined:
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md

and without any problems compiled the example found here:
https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/cpptutorial

protoc --cpp_out=. ./addressbook.proto
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marco marco  49K Jan 30 11:26 addressbook.pb.cc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marco marco  27K Jan 30 11:26 addressbook.pb.h
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marco marco  410 Jan 30 11:25 addressbook.proto

But when trying to do the same in golang:

protoc --go_out=. addressbook.proto
protoc-gen-go: program not found or is not executable
--go_out: protoc-gen-go: Plugin failed with status code 1.

Other information:

in my .bashrc I added the following lines:

export GOPATH=${HOME}/go:$PATH
export GOBIN=$HOME/go/bin:$PATH

go version:

go version go1.10.4 linux/amd64

How to make protoc-gen-go functioning?
Looking forward to your kind help.
Marco

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neild · 2019-01-30T17:12:24Z

See the Installation section of the package README here: https://github.com/golang/protobuf

Grab the code from the repository and install the proto package. The simplest way is to run go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go. The compiler plugin, protoc-gen-go, will be installed in $GOPATH/bin unless $GOBIN is set. It must be in your $PATH for the protocol compiler, protoc, to find it.

fclinux · 2019-11-17T08:13:02Z

Hello Neild,
I spend ~ 8 hours for check and follow your guid but I would tell you that this still stuck with this newest version. please dont try to close this and believe you are the right

nikhs247 · 2019-11-20T03:55:06Z

Hello Neild,
I spend ~ 8 hours for check and follow your guid but I would tell you that this still stuck with this newest version. please dont try to close this and believe you are the right

Hi fclinux,
I had the same issue. Can you please check if you added GOPATH and GOBIN to your PATH?
On adding the GOPATH and GOBIN to path, my issue was resolved.

Thanks
Nikhil

chezixin · 2019-12-06T11:10:33Z

您好Neild，
我花了大约8个小时进行检查，并按照您的指南进行操作，但是我会告诉您，这个最新版本仍然存在。请不要试图关闭这个并相信你是正确的

嗨，fclinux，
我有同样的问题。您能否检查是否已将GOPATH和GOBIN添加到PATH中？
在将GOPATH和GOBIN添加到路径时，我的问题已解决。

谢谢
Nikhil

no,I'm pretty sure I've added the path, but I still get the same error message

  1 export GOPATH=/Users/chezixin/go
  2 export GOBIN=/Users/chezixin/go/bin
  3 
  4 export GO111MODULE=on
  5 # export GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io
  6 export GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn
  7 
  8 
  9 export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin:/Users/chezixin/flutterSDK/flutter/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH:$GOBIN'"
 10

czxmac:~ chezixin$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin:/Users/chezixin/flutterSDK/flutter/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/User/chezixin:/Users/chezixin/go/bin':/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin:/Users/chezixin/flutterSDK/flutter/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/Users/chezixin/go:/Users/chezixin/go/bin'

fclinux · 2019-12-06T11:16:07Z

Hey guys, actually, i cannot manually install the protobuf, i use ubuntu and instal via apt library then protobuf work well. Go a little bit deep into the system file then we can see the guide on protobuf web doesnt correct. Try yourself

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On Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 18:10 cheche ***@***.***> wrote: 您好Neild，我花了大约8个小时进行检查，并按照您的指南进行操作，但是我会告诉您，这个最新版本仍然存在。请不要试图关闭这个并相信你是正确的嗨，fclinux，我有同样的问题。您能否检查是否已将GOPATH和GOBIN添加到PATH中？在将GOPATH和GOBIN添加到路径时，我的问题已解决。谢谢 Nikhil no,I'm pretty sure I've added the path, but I still get the same error message 1 export GOPATH=/Users/chezixin/go 2 export GOBIN=/Users/chezixin/go/bin 3 4 export GO111MODULE=on 5 # export GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io 6 export GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn 7 8 9 export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin:/User s/chezixin/flutterSDK/flutter/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH:$GOBIN'" 10 czxmac:~ chezixin$ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin:/Users/chezixin/flutterSDK/flutter/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/User/chezixin:/Users/chezixin/go/bin':/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin:/Users/chezixin/flutterSDK/flutter/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/Users/chezixin/go:/Users/chezixin/go/bin' — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#795?email_source=notifications&email_token=AD4FKAICRDRRYFKF2EBGFVTQXIXKTA5CNFSM4GTIL722YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEGDZBFA#issuecomment-562532500>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD4FKAJNTBLVFB2HX4P3UK3QXIXKTANCNFSM4GTIL72Q> .

iwita · 2019-12-11T12:44:42Z

Hello guys,
My problem was fixed after adding both GOPATH and GOROOT in PATH as @neild said.
use :
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin, in order to add the GOPATH and
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin, in order to add GOROOT

rickynyairo · 2020-01-06T18:55:57Z

I had this problem as well recently [using ubuntu 18.04]
I found a long-lasting solution by adding the following lines to .bashrc:

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT:$GOPATH:$GOBIN

natewilson · 2020-02-13T23:25:18Z

Another quick fix: Be sure the absolute path shows up in your $PATH Something beginning with ~/ can cause the plugin not to be found.

dzintars · 2020-02-17T21:21:15Z

Tnx @rickynyairo . Short and precise without trying to be too smart. :)

JulianToledano · 2020-10-13T17:24:56Z

I had this problem as well recently [using ubuntu 18.04]
I found a long-lasting solution by adding the following lines to .bashrc:
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT:$GOPATH:$GOBIN

That worked for me 😄 👍
The reason as explained here is that protoc-gen-go must be in your system PATH not just in go env.

nextonr · 2020-10-22T07:13:11Z

Another quick fix: Be sure the absolute path shows up in your $PATH Something beginning with ~/ can cause the plugin not to be found.

you are pretty right.

avdept · 2020-12-28T11:37:22Z

Can we specify path to protoc-gen-go manually? I dont want to push protoc-gen-go to my PATH because I have few different versions of protoc-gen-go and I need each of them to work separately

neild · 2020-12-29T06:57:41Z

Can we specify path to protoc-gen-go manually?

Yes, see the --plugin flag for protoc.

avdept · 2021-02-02T16:48:33Z

For any future lurkers here you can do it like
--plugin=protoc-gen-go-grpc=PATH_TO_BINARY

MaDOS · 2021-02-09T13:45:42Z

In my case go get installed everything correctly and my path was set correctly after some time I noticed that the binary installed by go get just was named incorrectly!
I had to rename protoc-gen-go-grpc to protoc-gen-go_grpc and suddenly everything worked.
I verified this by deleting and again installing the plugin by go get. (On my Windows 10 machine and also on its WSL2 Ubuntu) both had a protoc-gen-go-grpc after the install which does not match the protoc-gen-go_grpc the protoc compiler exspects.

puellanivis · 2021-02-09T14:49:15Z

I had to rename protoc-gen-go-grpc to protoc-gen-go_grpc and suddenly everything worked.

You are likely accidentally using --plugin=protoc-gen-go_grpc The file name protoc-gen-go-grpc is the correct binary name.

avdept · 2021-02-09T14:51:46Z

I've created a simple GUI for protoc CLI, feel free to check it out. Just needs binaries to be fed in and your proto files.
https://github.com/avdept/Protobuf-GUI-Compiler

dumbjarvis · 2021-04-27T17:10:18Z

I had to rename protoc-gen-go-grpc to protoc-gen-go_grpc and suddenly everything worked.

You are likely accidentally using --plugin=protoc-gen-go_grpc The file name protoc-gen-go-grpc is the correct binary name.

can you plz copy the full cmd, i think the docs are outdated

willDrr · 2021-09-15T10:32:11Z

I had this problem as well recently [using ubuntu 18.04]
I found a long-lasting solution by adding the following lines to .bashrc:
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT:$GOPATH:$GOBIN

That worked for me. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. Go version go version go1.17

adeniyistephen · 2021-10-09T01:35:39Z

@willDrr Can you explain how you go about it?
I downloaded the .taz.gz source file from github I extracted it and copied the build to my $GOPATH/bin and letter edited my .bashrc with the above commands, but mine still did not work.

willDrr · 2021-10-09T01:49:11Z

@adeniyistephen I don't know man. I just pasted the 4 four lines above and it worked. I can't remember how did I install Go.

These are the lines in my .bashrc related to Go

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/protobuf/bin"

//taked from #795 (comment)
//and it worked...
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT:$GOPATH:$GOBIN

adeniyistephen · 2021-10-09T02:05:42Z

@willDrr what is inside your $PATH:/usr/local/protobuf/bin"?
ND did you set the path by yourself in the .bashrc file or that was how it was when you downloaded it?
If you don't mind, what was the command you used to compile the .proto file.
I also don't have any protobuf dir in my usr/local, that's why I'm asking how you downloaded yours?

willDrr · 2021-10-09T02:20:23Z

@adeniyistephen I echoed and this is what I have
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/loc al/games:/snap/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/protobuf/bin:/usr/local/go:/root /go:/root/go/bin:/usr/local/protobuf/bin/

adeniyistephen · 2021-10-09T02:25:17Z

Ok cool, I just sent you a mail.

ducpt1012 · 2021-11-26T04:56:27Z

I had this problem as well recently [using ubuntu 18.04] I found a long-lasting solution by adding the following lines to .bashrc:
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT:$GOPATH:$GOBIN

Thanks, it works in the Mac OS environment. Save my life!

justinfarrelldev · 2021-11-30T22:15:17Z

Hello Neild,
I spend ~ 8 hours for check and follow your guid but I would tell you that this still stuck with this newest version. please dont try to close this and believe you are the right

Hi fclinux, I had the same issue. Can you please check if you added GOPATH and GOBIN to your PATH? On adding the GOPATH and GOBIN to path, my issue was resolved.

Thanks Nikhil

This fixed the issue I was having! I'm using Fish and some of the commands were different for me. If anyone runs into this in the future, nano ~/.config/fish/config.fish and then make sure that your variables are set correctly.

toannd96 · 2022-07-14T15:39:14Z

Thanks, it works in the Ubuntu 20.04 environment. Save my life!

RicHincapie · 2022-10-19T20:00:56Z

See the Installation section of the package README here: https://github.com/golang/protobuf

Grab the code from the repository and install the proto package. The simplest way is to run go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go. The compiler plugin, protoc-gen-go, will be installed in $GOPATH/bin unless $GOBIN is set. It must be in your $PATH for the protocol compiler, protoc, to find it.

For me to work a protoc command with a make file inside alpine container, I had to install this:
go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@latest
go install github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go@latest

CaioLuColaco · 2023-11-08T18:16:57Z

I had this problem as well recently [using ubuntu 18.04] I found a long-lasting solution by adding the following lines to .bashrc:
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT:$GOPATH:$GOBIN

That worked for me. I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2. Go version go version go1.20

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