Go: mkdir: permission denied

[harshit777]

Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

1.9.1

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS/amd64

What did you do?

go get -u golang.org/x/review/git-codereview

GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN="/home/user/workspace/bin"
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/user/workspace"
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/home/harshit/go"
GOTOOLDIR="/home/harshit/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
CC="gcc"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build479770429=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config

What did you expect to see?

package installation

What did you see instead?

package golang.org/x/review/git-codereview: mkdir /home/user: permission denied

[meirf]

Your GOPATH points to "/home/user/workspace". Instead, can you set it to "/home/harshit/workspace" and try again?

[harshit777]

DID it ! got a new error>>>

runtime/internal/sys

go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:8:24: ArchFamily redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:8:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:8:24: undefined: WASM
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:9:24: BigEndian redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:9:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:10:24: CacheLineSize redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:10:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:11:24: DefaultPhysPageSize redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:11:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:12:24: PCQuantum redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:12:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:13:24: Int64Align redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:13:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:14:24: HugePageSize redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:14:29
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:15:24: MinFrameSize redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:15:24
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:18:6: Uintreg redeclared in this block
previous declaration at go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_amd64.go:18:6
go/src/runtime/internal/sys/arch_wasm.go:8:24: too many errors

[harshit777]

I tried to uninstall go but it wont
Removed the path from profile, used auto-remove commands but the binaries are still there
I can still see the version in the terminal.

[agnivade]

You seem to have multiple installations of Go. In the issue report, you have 1.9.1, but the errors are from arch_wasm.go (which is not in 1.9). I would guess the go binary that you are running points to a GOROOT of a different Go distribution.

used auto-remove commands but the binaries are still there

Um well, so why don't you delete them and have a clean slate ?

I am sorry, but you will have to debug this on your own. This is not a Go issue.

Please feel free to reach out to the forums at Questions wiki page; it has a list of good places for asking questions. Folks will gladly help you out.

Closing this since I don't believe this is a system installation issue. Please comment if you feel otherwise.

[harshit777]

Just to clear my doubt Actually go folder was locked until changed the permission
sudo chown -R $USER: $HOME

Now the binaries got cleared. Done. Thnx for suggestions.

[souvikhaldar]

Just to clear my doubt Actually go folder was locked until changed the permission

> sudo chown -R $USER: $HOME

Why did we have to assign permission? I too was facing this problem chown did the job but somehow this doesn't feel right! @harshit777