Cannot install gopkgs tool

[jedebarbieri]

Hello, I can't install gopkgs and the "auto-completion" and "go to definition" feature are not working.

• go version go1.13.7 windows/amd64
• VS Code : 1.42.1
  c47d83b293181d9be64f27ff093689e8e7aed054
  x64
• VS Code Go extension : v0.13.0
• windows / amd64
• settings.json:
  "go.formatTool": "goimports",

1. Go to "GO: Install/Update Tools"
2. Select "gopkgs"
3. Wait until install finish. It shows me this error:

go.toolsGopath setting is not set. Using GOPATH C:\GoPath
Installing 1 tool at C:\GoPath\bin in module mode.
  gopkgs

Installing github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/cmd/gopkgs FAILED

1 tools failed to install.

gopkgs:
Error: Command failed: C:\Go\bin\go.exe get -v github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/cmd/gopkgs
go: finding github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/cmd/gopkgs latest
go get: github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/cmd/gopkgs@v0.0.0-20191024034442-58e9141cd7d6 requires
	github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/v2@v2.1.0 requires
	github.com/uudashr/gopkgs@v0.0.0: reading github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/go.mod at revision v0.0.0: unknown revision v0.0.0
go: finding github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/cmd/gopkgs latest
go get: github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/cmd/gopkgs@v0.0.0-20191024034442-58e9141cd7d6 requires
	github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/v2@v2.1.0 requires
	github.com/uudashr/gopkgs@v0.0.0: reading github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/go.mod at revision v0.0.0: unknown revision v0.0.0

And a message "Analysis Tools Missing" is shown in the right bottom side:

And when I press "Install" button the process is repeated.

[stamblerre]

I think you're running into this issue: uudashr/gopkgs#25. You can try downloading manually with modules turned off (GO111MODULE=off go get github.com/uudashr/gopkgs), but you may not get the correct version.

[nezorflame]

Yup, this is gopkgs issue.
@ramya-rao-a we're gonna need to update the tool installer to use v2 version of gopkgs. While we work on fixing the v1 import, tool has been updated a few months ago already so there's no point in consuming the old version anymore.

[nezorflame]

Until the fix is merged, install it manually:
go get github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/v2/cmd/gopkgs

[metalim]

Not again. #2857
How about NOT using unstable packages instead of waiting for upsteam fix in IDE everyone uses?

[nezorflame]

How about showing some respect to the people who make this work for free so that everyone can benefit from it instead?
No one is perfect: things happen, software breaks, we all learn from it and move forward.
While the gopkgs has issues and fixes has been slow, we are working on it. Hopefully this won't happen again.

[smaTc]

manual installation doesn't work for me somehow. Any ideas?

[hyangah]

@smaTc is there any error message explaining why it doesn't work?

[smaTc]

@hyangah well not really. When I try to run my main it tells me: "found packages X and Y in /the/directory". But various imports are not working at all and half my project is red now in VS-Code.
How can I verify that it is installed or reinstall the tool or maybe all tools ?

Edit: Same Problem in Gopath and Module Variant

[smaTc]

Update: I don't even know if it is related but: if I remove all test files and therefore all Imports of the "testing" package my project is working again. Including the Imports etc. Does that make any sense to anyone here?

Second Update: Deleting and Cloning my git repo fixed the issue. Even though this was triggered after updating my go tools I am very confused and not sure if gopkgs was the problem at all.

[cdreier]

had the same issue, installing manually alone did not resolve it - after removing and reinstalling the vscode-go plugin everything works fine again!

[pierrre]

Is gopkgs useful if I'm using gopls ?

[nezorflame]

@pierrre yes if you're using command Go: Add Import to add imports manually.

[pierrre]

@nezorflame ok thank you 👍
I'm never using this command.
I use the gopls autocompletion, and it's still working fine.

[Wumms]

Finally (re-)enabling go.useLanguageServer fixed it for me (after manual install and reinstalling to vscode-go plugin) . No idea how it got disabled though.

[nezorflame]

@ramya-rao-a thanks! This one will probably require a patch release so that people stop having these errors.

[stamblerre]

@nezorflame: Yep, @ramya-rao-a's planning on doing a patch release tomorrow.

[ramya-rao-a]

Hey all,

Sorry for the radio silence, I've been on vacation and @stamblerre has been helping steer the ship in my absence :)

Thanks for all the work here @nezorflame!
The patch release of 0.13.1 has the fix to use v2 of gopkgs

Places where gopkgs is used other than code completion for packages when not using language server are

• Go: Add Import command
• Go: Browse Packages command