Homebrew-core: Unable to install/uninstall Go

Created on 9 Oct 2017 · 3Comments · Source: Homebrew/homebrew-core

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[x] Ran brew update and retried your prior step?
[x] Ran brew doctor, fixed all issues and retried your prior step?
[ ] Ran brew gist-logs <formula> (where <formula> is the name of the formula that failed) and included the output link?
[x] If brew gist-logs didn't work: ran brew config and brew doctor and included their output with your issue?

What you were trying to do (and why)

Install hugo

What happened (include command output)

Installing/uninstalling go or it seems any package that depends on go renders the error:
Error: go: version missing for "gotools" resource!
brew gist-logs go results in the same error.

What you expected to happen

Successful installation.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running `brew install` commands)

brew install go or brew install hugo

Brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.3.4
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: ac8b58537fe3dd71098a43afcc6a1785dcde1d39
Last commit: 2 weeks ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: c7fb0c17f25e38c6762c88dfc7a512592c12c447
Core tap last commit: 2 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /usr/local/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
HOMEBREW_BOTTLE_DOMAIN: https://homebrew.bintray.com
CPU: octa-core 64-bit skylake
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/bin/ruby
Clang: 9.0 build 900
Git: 2.14.2 => /usr/local/bin/git
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/local/opt/python/libexec/bin/python => /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.14/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
Ruby: /Users/oli/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.3/bin/ruby
Java: 1.8.0_121, 1.6.0_65-b14-468
macOS: 10.12.6-x86_64
Xcode: 9.0
CLT: 9.0.0.0.1.1504363082
X11: N/A

Source

oli-laban

Most helpful comment

Just ran into the same issue trying to install kubectl.

The error appears to originate from this commit.

Without the version definition, the URL used to download gotools doesn't appear to be created properly.

cafreeman on 9 Oct 2017

👍4

All 3 comments

Just ran into the same issue trying to install kubectl.

The error appears to originate from this commit.

Without the version definition, the URL used to download gotools doesn't appear to be created properly.

cafreeman on 9 Oct 2017

👍4

Having the same issue running almost any brew subcommand.

➜  ~ brew info go
Error: go: version missing for "gotools" resource!

➜  ~ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!

Warning: Some directories in your path end in a slash.
Directories in your path should not end in a slash. This can break other
doctor checks. The following directories should be edited:
  /Users/csaba/GOPATH/bin/
Error: go: version missing for "gotools" resource!