import "github.com/mnovozhylov/randstr" is a program, not an importable package

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import "github.com/mnovozhylov/randstr" is a program, not an importable package

jkolobok opened this issue 4 years ago · 10 comments

I'm new to golang, so it's likely I'm doing something incorrectly, but I created a new project and copied en example. When I try to run it I get:

GOROOT=/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.16.2/libexec #gosetup
GOPATH=/Users/jkolobok/go #gosetup
/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.16.2/libexec/bin/go build -o /private/var/folders/92/54vm31nx447_0rnyj0882yv40000gn/T/___1go_build_ dev366.com/jobfinder #gosetup
../../../pkg/mod/github.com/mnovozhylov/oauth@v0.0.0-20190507082605-322a3a82211c/oauth.go:59:2: import "github.com/mnovozhylov/randstr" is a program, not an importable package

Compilation finished with exit code 1

Any idea how to fix this?

Answer 1 · 2021-03-26T06:19:50.000Z

hi @jkolobok ,
looks like a kind of local or compilation issue - the project doesn't contain such import.
Please, try to load the latest version and follow the steps described in the README

Answer 2 · 2021-03-27T02:03:51.000Z

go-get-job.zip
here is an example. it uses go modules

Answer 3 · 2021-03-27T02:06:02.000Z

@mnovozhylov it's a transitive dependency from github.com/mnovozhylov/oauth@v0.0.0-20190507082605-322a3a82211c/oauth.go

Answer 4 · 2021-03-27T03:16:41.000Z

looks like it's referencing v1.0.2 because version 1.0.3's tag doesn't have 'v' in it's name

Answer 5 · 2021-03-27T03:22:42.000Z

ok fixed it by doing go get github.com/mnovozhylov/randstr@1.0.3
but worth fixing the tag name to make it work automatically

Answer 6 · 2021-03-27T07:07:10.000Z

@jkolobok , that's interesting.
Could you provide all steps you follow, I'll try to reproduce from scratch? (including go version you use)

Answer 7 · 2021-03-27T07:21:37.000Z

Ok, seems I managed to reproduce it. Could you please try once again?
p.s. my previous question is still actual - so, I can verify your steps once again on my end as well.

Answer 8 · 2021-03-27T08:07:41.000Z

I use GoLand, but I guess it doesn't matter

Create a new "go modules" project.
it creates a new project with go.mod file
module awesomeProject
add dependency go get -v github.com/upwork/golang-upwork
create a new main file and copy& paste myapp.go from the example/
run go build

Answer 9 · 2021-03-27T08:10:56.000Z

also you can run go mod tidy it adds intermediate dependencies to go.mod

Answer 10 · 2021-03-27T08:25:04.000Z

also a nice to have would be to set a version tag to github.com/mnovozhylov/oauth
right now it references a commit