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?
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)
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