First-time OS X users hit FUSE error during standard go install procedure

[btc]

The issue is fixed by installing FUSE

Either ...
a) instruct users to install FUSE first
b) remove the need for FUSE on go install
c) Is there another way to satisfy the need for the headers without having FUSE installed? (is this a sensible question?)

go get -u github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs
cd cmd/ipfs && go install
# github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version
../../Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/version_darwin.go:6:11: fatal error: 'fuse/fuse.h' file not found
#include <fuse/fuse.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [install] Error 2

[jbenet]

good find, this is super annoying for our poor users.

relevant discussion on irc starting at https://botbot.me/freenode/ipfs/2015-01-18/?msg=29902881&page=5

[whyrusleeping]

@jbenet This is alpha priority, yeah? (trying to make sure all alpha relevant issues/PRs are marked under the milestone)

[jbenet]

Yeah i think so. what was the approach we settled on?

[whyrusleeping]

Yeah, we decided we wanted to make go-fuse-version a separate binary, and when you try to mount on OSX, it would check for the binary, and prompt the user to install it if missing. Once the binary is present, we just exec it to see if the user has a compatible version of fuse installed

[jbenet]

we can probably install it as part of make install or something.

[whyrusleeping]

A couple caveats with that, Its only required on OSX, and it requires the user have the proper FUSE headers installed.

[jbenet]

make it part of make install

[jbenet]

This was fixed in 7ae3706

[conrad]

Hi, I've run into this same error today:

[13:41]  ~/Code/ipfs >>> go get github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/fuse-version
# github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version
../../go/src/github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/version_darwin.go:6:11: fatal error: 'fuse/fuse.h' file not found
 #include <fuse/fuse.h>
          ^
1 error generated.

It looks as though the same error occurred when using ipfs mount:

[13:32]  ~/Code/ipfs/test >>> ipfs mount
Error: unable to check fuse version.

Dear User,

Before mounting, we must check your version of OSXFUSE. We are protecting
you from a nasty kernel panic we found in OSXFUSE versions <2.7.2.[1]. To
make matters worse, it's harder than it should be to check whether you have
the right version installed...[2]. We've automated the process with the
help of a little tool. We tried to install it, but something went wrong[3].
Please install it yourself by running:

	go get github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/fuse-version

You can also stop ipfs from running these checks and use whatever OSXFUSE
version you have by running:

	ipfs config DontCheckOSXFUSE true

[1]: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/177
[2]: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/533
[3]: exit status 2
# github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version
../../../go/src/github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/version_darwin.go:6:11: fatal error: 'fuse/fuse.h' file not found
 #include <fuse/fuse.h>
          ^
1 error generated.

So, I've installed osxfuse to fix this:

$ brew tap caskroom/cask
$ brew update && brew cask install osxfuse

(from #177)

Now, I don't get the errors, but ipfs mount still isn't working:

[13:54]  ~/Code/ipfs >>> go get github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/fuse-version

[13:54]  ~/Code/ipfs >>> ipfs mount
Error: unable to check fuse version.

Dear User,

Before mounting, we must check your version of OSXFUSE. We are protecting
you from a nasty kernel panic we found in OSXFUSE versions <2.7.2.[1]. To
make matters worse, it's harder than it should be to check whether you have
the right version installed...[2]. We've automated the process with the
help of a little tool. We tried to install it, but something went wrong[3].
Please install it yourself by running:

	go get github.com/jbenet/go-fuse-version/fuse-version

You can also stop ipfs from running these checks and use whatever OSXFUSE
version you have by running:

	ipfs config DontCheckOSXFUSE true

[1]: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/177
[2]: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/533
[3]: exec: "fuse-version": executable file not found in $PATH

:/