Installation problems

[wikimatze]

The dist directory doesn't contain any files :) and building it from source gives me the following error:

go build -o dist/sack main.go
main.go:4:5: cannot find package "github.com/zph/go-sack/sack" in any of:
    /home/wm/gosource/src/pkg/github.com/zph/go-sack/sack (from $GOROOT)
    ($GOPATH not set)
make: *** [build] Error 1

Since I'm new to go, I can only run "hello world" in it.

[zph]

oh no!

I'm puzzled by the dist folder, did you pull the most recent copy of code? (I made a location change between when I tweeted and now).

I'll think about what's going on w/ the rest of it...

Are you trying to build for Linux/Mac/other? (I can build multiple variants and keep them in dist for easier access for users).

[zph]

Guess it's time for me to learn about dependency management in go also, so ppl can build on their own systems!!! :)

[wikimatze]

Linux of course :), yeah I played around with Go and dependency management but I find a simple gem install much easier.

Anyway, thanks for taking care of this issue.

[zph]

Just for you: https://github.com/zph/go-sack/raw/master/dist/sack.linux_amd64

That's the binary compiled for linux amd64 :).

I like Ruby, but it's really nice how golang rolls all the dependencies into a single bin that doesn't need any external interpreter to run!! It's amazing 👍.

[wikimatze]

Thanks for the effort, I managed to install it now.