golang snap installation: cgo.a: read-only file system

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I have installed go 1.11 using the snap package as described here: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Ubuntu

# This will give you the latest version of go
$ sudo snap install --classic go

Things in general work well, however, when I tried to compile a project that uses cgo, I get the following error:

/snap/go/2635/bin/go test -c -i -o /tmp/___Test_GetVersion_in_tests_go tests_go #gosetup
go test runtime/cgo: open /snap/go/2635/pkg/linux_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: read-only file system

What could be happening? Is this a known issue in the snap installation?

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2 Answers

The suggestion provided by stderr, to remove the -i argument, resolves this.

In case you are using the GoLand IDE, you can remove the -i argument by going to Run -> Edit Configurations... -> Go tool arguments

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In case you came here looking for how to resolve this error for VSCode - it took me a little bit to find the setting.

File -> Preferences -> Settings

In the settings pane... User Settings -> Extensions -> Go configuration

Scroll about 2/3rds of the way down until you get to Install Dependencies When Building. Uncheck that one and restart VSCode.

So far has been working for me (running Ubuntu 18)

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