go install - missing dot in first path element

[rip752]

build github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3: cannot load embed: malformed module path "embed": missing dot in first path element

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Distributor ID: Elementary
Description: elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir
Release: 6.1
Codename: jolnir

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• #0000

[JoeUser47]

I had this error when running go install using Ubuntu's apt golang-go install, which loaded go version 1.13. Removing that version and installing go binary 1.20 from https://go.dev/dl/ resolved for me.

[zricethezav]

closing this issue as there are no steps to reproduce

[octaviovg]

I had this error when running go install using Ubuntu's apt golang-go install, which loaded go version 1.13. Removing that version and installing go binary 1.20 from https://go.dev/dl/ resolved for me.

this helped me to install correctly trufflehog. I use version 1.21.4