Re: go version unknown?

[Mark E. Fuller]

Thanks - that fixed it

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On 19/06/2022 0:52, Martin Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-06-19 at 00:02 +0300, Mark E. Fuller wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have two Fedora machines that are essentially identically
> > configured
> > (to the best of my knowledge) - a daily use desktop and a laptop for
> > lugging around.
> >
> > Anyway, somehow the laptop is properly returning `go version` and
> > properly running a go debugger, etc. is VS Codium, but this is not
> > working on the desktop and I am instead getting `go version unknown
> > linux/amd64` instead of a proper version.
> >
> > I've tried reinstalling and and  also completely removing and
> > reinstalling `golang`, but it's still the same.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoot this?
>
> Check to see if you have gcc-go installed, which also provides a golang
> compiler (/usr/bin/go) but not equivalent to the regular golang toolset
> (golang-bin etc).
>
> vim-sytastic-go used to depend on that, I changed that in 34 or 35
> (since I had a similar problem).
>
> Thanks,
> Marty