It must have been a configuration issue on the remote server because it all works fine now.
On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 22:05:48 UTC+1, Sam Whited wrote: > > TL;DR — you don't need to run the second command, just the first one. > > I'm sorry for being unclear. Go get looks up packages by their import > path. The import path of golint is "golang.org/x/lint/golint", so the > second command you ran with the github URL will never work since that is > the repo, not the package path. When you run go get > golang.org/x/lint/golint it will look up the repo, discover that it lives > at GitHub, clone it, and build it. > > If you don't specify another package import path and you host your source > on GitHub the github.com url is the default one, which may be why you are > confused. However, golint specifies a custom import path ( > golang.org/x/lint/golint) so you need to use that. > > —Sam > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, at 14:48, 'kalekold' via golang-nuts wrote: > > I've already tried that and the original command still fails. > > > > $ go get -u -v golang.org/x/lint/golint > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1 > (status > > code 200) > > get "golang.org/x/lint/golint": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix: > > "golang.org/x/lint", VCS:"git", > > RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/lint"} > > at https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1 > > get "golang.org/x/lint/golint": verifying non-authoritative meta tag > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 (status code > > 200) > > golang.org/x/lint (download) > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 (status code > > 200) > > get "golang.org/x/lint": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix: > > "golang.org/x/lint", VCS:"git", > > RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/lint"} > > at https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1 > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from > > https://golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil?go-get=1 > > (status code 200) > > get "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil": found meta tag get.metaImport{ > > Prefix:"golang.org/x/tools", VCS:"git", RepoRoot: > > "https://go.googlesource.com/tools"} at https: > > //golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil?go-get=1 > > get "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil": verifying non-authoritative > > meta > > tag > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from https://golang.org/x/tools?go-get=1 (status code > > 200) > > golang.org/x/tools (download) > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from > > https://golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata?go-get=1 > > (status code 200) > > get "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata": found meta tag > get.metaImport{ > > Prefix:"golang.org/x/tools", VCS:"git", RepoRoot: > > "https://go.googlesource.com/tools"} at https: > > //golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata?go-get=1 > > get "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata": verifying non-authoritative > > meta > > tag > > Fetching https://golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter?go-get=1 > > Parsing meta tags from > > https://golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter?go-get=1 > > (status code 200) > > get "golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter": found meta tag get. > > metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/tools", VCS:"git", RepoRoot: > > "https://go.googlesource.com/tools"} at https: > > //golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter?go-get=1 > > get "golang.org/x/tools/go/internal/gcimporter": verifying non- > > authoritative > > meta tag > > > > $ go get -u -v github.com/golang/lint/golint > > github.com/golang/lint (download) > > package github.com/golang/lint/golint: code in directory /media/Data/ > > Projects/Go/src/github.com/golang/lint/golint expects import > > "golang.org/x/lint/golint" > > > > > > On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 17:53:50 UTC+1, Sam Whited wrote: > > > > > > As the error says, you need to use golang.org/x/lint/golint: > > > > > > go get -u -v golang.org/x/lint/golint > > > > > > —Sam > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, at 10:12, gary.wi...@victoriaplumb.com > <javascript:> > > > wrote: > > > > I'm having trouble installing golint. Any idea what the problem > could > > > be? > > > > > > > > $ go get -u -v github.com/golang/lint/golint > > > > github.com/golang/lint (download) > > > > package github.com/golang/lint/golint: code in directory > > > /home/gary/Code/go/ > > > > src/github.com/golang/lint/golint expects import " > > > golang.org/x/lint/golint" > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "golang-nuts" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > > > > an email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sam Whited > > > s...@samwhited.com <javascript:> > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "golang-nuts" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Sam Whited > s...@samwhited.com <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. 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