Golang - C source files not allowed when not using cgo

linux ubuntu go cgo
Grayda picture Grayda · Jan 5, 2015 · Viewed 7k times · Source

When trying to run go build in my src directory, I get this error:

imports runtime: C source files not allowed when not using cgo: atomic_amd64x.c defs.c float.c heapdump.c lfstack.c malloc.c mcache.c mcentral.c mem_linux.c mfixalloc.c mgc0.c mheap.c msize.c os_linux.c panic.c parfor.c proc.c runtime.c signal.c signal_amd64x.c signal_unix.c stack.c string.c sys_x86.c vdso_linux_amd64.c

When I first started learning Go I ran sudo apt-get install golang on my Ubuntu laptop (14.04 LTS, 64bit) which installed version 1.2. That ran fine and I was able to build, install and run apps. I then ran autoremove to get rid of it, then installed 1,4 from the golang website.

What's going on here, and how can I fix it? Googling the error shows that it has something to do with a previously installed version of go, but I thought autoremove would clean it and any dependencies up (which it seemed to, as I made sure I couldn't find golang anywhere, before installing from source.

Any clues?

Answer

Matt Joiner picture Matt Joiner · May 20, 2015

I fixed this by unsetting GOROOT in the environment. It was pointing to another Go installation.

Related questions

How do I SET the GOPATH environment variable on Ubuntu? What file must I edit?

I am trying to do a go get: go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql and it fails with the following error: package github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql: cannot download, $GOPATH not set. For more details see: go help gopath when I …

Read More
offline document for go/golang

Is there any Ubuntu go offline document package that I can install so that I can read the package docs for Go offline? I thought it would be golang-doc but it is actually not -- there aren't any Go package …

Read More
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' -- Missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

My problem started off with me not being able to log in as root any more on my mysql install. I was attempting to run mysql without passwords turned on... but whenever I ran the command # mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & …

Read More