Error with go1.5 install

[1xch]

~  gvm install go1.5                                                                                                                                
Installing go1.5...
 * Compiling...
ERROR: Failed to compile. Check the logs at /home/xxxxx/.gvm/logs/go-go1.5-compile.log
ERROR: Failed to use installed version
~ cat /home/xxxxx/.gvm/logs/go-go1.5-compile.log                                                                                                   
##### Building Go bootstrap tool.
cmd/dist
ERROR: Cannot find /home/xxxxx/go1.4/bin/go.
Set $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP to a working Go tree >= Go 1.4.
./make.bash: line 121: /home/xxxxx/go1.4/bin/go: No such file or directory

[dariusc93]

You will need go1.4 installed before you can install go1.5 (since this is compiling from go source and 1.5 doesnt use C anymore) run gvm install go1.4 gvm use go1.4 export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT then run gvm install go1.5 . This should be fixed in pull #154

[oryband]

👍

[jameshueston]

The compiler log: "ERROR: Cannot find /home/xxxxx/go1.4/bin/go"
made me think I should export GOROOT_BOOTSTAP="/home/username/.gvm/gos/go1.4.x/bin"
since it was looking for the binary; revision suggested:
Set $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP to [the root (not the bin) of] a working Go tree >= Go 1.4.

[zamicol]

@dariusc93's solution worked. Thanks.

gvm install go1.4 
gvm use go1.4 
export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT 
gvm install go1.5

[davpow]

Thanks @dariusc93. Your solution fixed the problem.

gvm install go1.4 
gvm use go1.4 
export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT 
gvm install go1.5

[sudhirvkumar]

Why can't it use go1.4.2? I already had go1.4.2 installed!

[dariusc93]

@sudhirvkumar what do you mean?

[surajx]

if you are on 1.4.x, you need to export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP before installing go1.5

export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT

[ToddGreenstein]

I hit the same issue, and @dariusc93 solution worked for me. Thank you for posting this.

[jessecogollo]

@dariusc93 solution worked for me.

[rameshtyaga]

Thanks @dariusc93. your solution works

[akwmak]

I followed the instruction to install 1.4 first and then 1.5. It failed to complie and had the following log:

go build bootstrap/compile/internal/gc: /home/vagrant/.gvm/gos/go1.4/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/6g: signal: killed
bootstrap/link/internal/ld
bootstrap/link/internal/amd64
bootstrap/link/internal/arm
bootstrap/link/internal/arm64
bootstrap/link/internal/ppc64
bootstrap/link/internal/x86
bootstrap/link
go tool dist: FAILED: /home/vagrant/.gvm/gos/go1.4/bin/go install -v bootstrap/...: exit status 1

[unnikked]

@akwmak same issue here.

I managed to solve it by

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[jedhu0]

@dariusc93 solution worked for me too! Thx

[mo-open]

@dariusc93 BUT, once I failed to install go1.5, I cannot install go 1.4.

[root@zoo1 ~]# gvm install go1.4
Installing go1.4...

• Compiling...
  ERROR: Failed to compile. Check the logs at /root/.gvm/logs/go-go1.4-compile.log
  ERROR: Failed to use installed version

[root@zoo1 ~]# cat /root/.gvm/logs/go-go1.4-compile.log

Building Go bootstrap tool.

cmd/dist
ERROR: Cannot find /root/go1.4/bin/go.
Set $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP to a working Go tree >= Go 1.4.