Lnd: Install fails at step go install . ./cmd/...

[xorq]

I tried many different sytems, osx, aws ubuntu instance, and always get this, following
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md

at step:

go install . ./cmd/...

output :

[davidapple]

I'm getting the same error on my machines too.

[dabura667]

1. What are your GOROOT and GOPATH set to?
2. Did you run glide install while in the lnd folder?

[dabura667]

also, what does go version say?

[xorq]

GOROOT isn't set, not surprising since there is nothing in the installation instruction that sets GOROOT to anything, right ?

I strictly followed the instructions so I did as in the user manual :

cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
glide install
so yea it is ran from the lnd folder ...

go version says :
go1.9.4 darwin/amd64

[dabura667]

Also, what does

git rev-parse HEAD

say when performed in the lnd directory?

[xorq]

65d6d77ef409741c7ad8562cb9781dd5894a5117

[xorq]

When you strictly follow the steps in https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md
can't you reproduce this error ? I get it on every single machine including brand new installs and I simply follow line by line everything in the install.md file

[Roasbeef]

Looks like you either don't have your GOPATH set up properly, or didn't do glide install. I'd also check that your GOPATH and GOROOT aren't over lapping.

[xorq]

Hi, I did :
export GOPATH=~/gocode
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
as instructed...
of course I did glide install everytime, I followed the instructions numerous times, I believe there is a problem with the INSTALL.md document.
GOROOT isn't set up to anything since there is no instruction about setting up GOROOT.
How to set GOPATH and GOROOT properly ?

by the way now glide install has an issue :

Thanks

[satoshi-ninja]

@xorq I have got the same issue. Just like you I followed the instruction steps to the letter. No mention of GOROOT there.

[davidapple]

If there are any LN geniuses that have managed to get this working. Can you please improve the INSTALL.md file to bring down the barriers to entry. Otherwise most people are simply not going to be able to get this working and not bother asking for help.

[dabura667]

I literally followed the guide in a fresh VM with Ubuntu stock and everything is working fine with the commit posted, as well as current master.

I would try MacOS in a VM, but Tim Cook hates me.

[satoshi-ninja]

@dabura667 which Ubuntu version have you used for your VM? I'm on 16.04.3 LTS (without success).

[Roasbeef]

What version of glide are y'all using?

[Roasbeef]

It seems only a very narrow set of users have this issue, and it's typically related to a dated version of glide.

[Roasbeef]

Tried to reproduce this o a fresh machine as well, but it works w/o issue.

[cavapoo2]

Fine for me on ubuntu16.04 (not a VM), tried a few days ago. (glide 0.13.2-dev).
By the way my go path is ~/go not ~/gocode
I created a .go_profile file with this in

GOPATH="$(go env GOPATH)"
PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

so instead of typing out export ... each time i open a new bash window i do source .go_profile

[xorq]

YES !
Guys ! following step by step never works but I just tried leaving the go path to ~/go and it works on ubuntu...
So maybe update the INSTALL.md file without the line changing the go path to ~/gocode ?
Could everyone who made it work confirm that they didn't set ~/gocode as go path ?

Also to make it work I installed glide from https://glide.sh/ (v0.13.1)
(not from go get -u github.com/Masterminds/glide which installs a dev version)

(on OSX I always get the message I sent above ... ([WARN] Download failed.))
Looks like glide is blocked from accessing internet to check for updates (?)

[halseth]

@xorq In my experience, this usually means there's an issue with your git setup, as glide/go get uses git internally. Could you try to do go get manually on the failing repos, and also git clone?

[alevchuk]

I put together instructions on how to setup LND from scratch and tested them step-by-step on multiple systems (Ununtu, Debina, and Trisquel).

Go path is covered with more precision then the official LND instructions:
https://github.com/alevchuk/pstm/tree/master/lnd-e2e-testing#build-go

[Roasbeef]

Seems like this is solved just by following the official golang installation instructions (which we link to in INSTALL.md).

[jrmillerwork]

Hopefully this is a related question: Can we expect to build in Eclipse (with Goclipse plugin)? Can build per instruction outside of Eclipse but struggling building after creating a new Go project and specifying location of existing code. If Eclipse is not the recommended IDE, is there an IDE that is?

[halseth]

@jrmillerwork Not sure about that. Would recommend trying VSCode together with the golang package if you need an IDE :)

[jrmillerwork]

@halseth, thanks. What I am wondering is how people are set up and in particular how code is debugged or any other tips.

EDIT: I would add, is there any reason to believe the code as structured and built will be hard to run in any IDE?

[halseth]

@jrmillerwork I would believe it is not very different from other go projects, so I would just look at what is a recommended setup for go. Personally I don't use an IDE, just execute what I need from the commandline. :)

[basnappl]

I was having this issue and my error was executing "sudo make" instead of just "make". Presumably, by using 'sudo', I was using root's $PATH instead of the current user's $PATH, which did not include the /usr/local/go/bin directory. Hope that helps someone!