main.go:4: running "go-bindata": exec: "go-bindata": executable file not found in %PATH%

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main.go:4: running "go-bindata": exec: "go-bindata": executable file not found in %PATH%

kwhitefoot opened this issue 5 years ago · 10 comments

Cloned the repo.

Tried running

go generate -v -x

in a cmd window on Win 10 in the hostyoself directory.

Got this response:

...
go: finding github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/go-bindata latest
go: downloading github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata v3.0.7+incompatible
go: extracting github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata v3.0.7+incompatible
github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata
github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/go-bindata
go-bindata -pkg server -o pkg/server/assets.go templates/ static/
main.go:4: running "go-bindata": exec: "go-bindata": executable file not found in %PATH%

Answer 1 · 2019-07-12T21:19:58.000Z

Hm, do you have your $GOPATH/bin in your environmental variables?

Answer 2 · 2019-07-12T21:56:17.000Z

Exactly what do you mean? I think you are on the right lines because PATH and GOPATH don't seem to me to match up. But then I know bugger all about go (stupid name and very difficult to do a web search on).

Here is my PATH and GOPATH:

D:\home\kj\Documents\GitHub\hostyoself>echo %PATH%
D:\Python27;D:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\iCLS;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\iCLS;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\dotnet;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\140\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\IVI\bin;C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\bin;D:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\bin;d:\Program Files (x86)\Groovy\Groovy-3.0.0\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Bin;C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\Win64\Bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Bin;%BPADir%;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;D:\Go\bin;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Users\kwhit.cargo\bin;C:\Users\kwhit\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;D:\home\kj\bin\nim-0.18.0_x64\nim-0.18.0\bin;C:\Users\kwhit\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Users\kwhit\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Exercism;d:\Users\kwhit\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\kwhit\go\bin

D:\home\kj\Documents\GitHub\hostyoself>echo %GOPATH%
D:\home\kj\go

Does that suggest anything useful?

Answer 3 · 2019-07-12T22:17:07.000Z

Yes, that looks good.

Can you try

$ go install -v github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/...
$ go generate -v

Answer 4 · 2019-07-14T07:39:55.000Z

:-(

D:\home\kj\Documents\GitHub\hostyoself>go install -v github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/...

D:\home\kj\Documents\GitHub\hostyoself>go generate -v
main.go
go: finding github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/go-bindata latest
main.go:4: running "go-bindata": exec: "go-bindata": executable file not found in %PATH%

Answer 5 · 2019-07-14T12:44:57.000Z

Okay, go generate is just running one command, so why don't you just try running

$ go-bindata.exe -pkg server -o pkg/server/assets.go templates/ static/

in the hostyoself directory?

Then you should be able to do go build.

I am working on Windows too and I have no idea why go generate is not working for you...

Answer 6 · 2019-07-14T18:07:55.000Z

Doesn't work, for me:

D:\home\kj\Documents\GitHub\hostyoself>go-bindata.exe -pkg server -o pkg/server/assets.go templates/ static/
'go-bindata.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Answer 7 · 2019-07-14T20:46:38.000Z

Can you see if go-bindata is in you GOPATH/bin?

Answer 8 · 2019-07-14T21:55:52.000Z

No it's not.

For reasons unknown, to me at least, GOPATH is:

D:\home\kj\go

but the full path to go-bindata.exe is:

D:\home\kj\go\bin\go-bindata.exe

Perhaps I should reinstall go using defaults for everything. I'll try that later, for now I'm taking a four day road trip.
:-)
Thanks for the help.

Answer 9 · 2019-07-16T03:36:57.000Z

Ohhh! Okay I was confused. I saw this in your PATH above: C:\Users\kwhit\go\bin. But it seems that's not your GO bin/ folder.

Please add D:\home\kj\go\bin to your PATH variable and then everything will just work.

Answer 10 · 2023-09-08T14:32:32.000Z

I recently forked this project, fixed up the code to use embed and the latest Go compiler and have a version running at serve.mills.io 👌