exec: "gcc": executable file not found in %PATH% when trying go build

windows go build hyperledger-fabric cgo
jaswanth picture jaswanth · Apr 24, 2017 · Viewed 87.3k times · Source

I am using Windows 10. When I tried to build Chaincode it reported this error

# github.com/hyperledger/fabric/vendor/github.com/miekg/pkcs11 
exec: "gcc": executable file not found in %PATH%

My chaincode imports:

import (
    "fmt"
    "strconv"

    "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/chaincode/shim"
    pb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/peer"
)

It's running fine in Docker.

Answer

peterSO picture peterSO · Apr 24, 2017

gcc (the GNU Compiler Collection) provides a C compiler. On Windows, install TDM-GCC. The github.com/miekg/pkcs11 package uses cgo. Cgo enables the creation of Go packages that call C code.

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