Unable to install Go dep

I am trying to run the command dep ensure on my Ubuntu 16.04, but the system is unable to find the command. When I run sudo apt install dep or any other installation commands, I always get this error when I run dep ensure:

No command 'dep' found, did you mean: Command 'dp' from package 'speech-tools' (universe) Command 'iep' from package 'emboss' (universe) Command 'dwp' from package 'binutils' (main) Command 'dex' from package 'dex' (universe) Command 'rep' from package 'rep' (universe) Command 'delp' from package 'fp-utils-3.0.0' (universe) Command 'xep' from package 'pvm-examples' (universe) dep: command not found 

Someone tells me I need Ubuntu 18 to run dep, but I would like to know how I can install this on my current Ubuntu. Thanks.

3 Answers

To see if a package is available in the repo's you use, type apt-cache search dep or apt-cache search go-dep.

Go dep is not available in the 16.04 repo's. It is available in the 18.04 repo's, so 'someone' was (at least partially) right.

Maybe you can install it from Github?

Install and usage of go-dep on Ubuntu 16.04:

Create bin directory inside $GOPATH

cd $GOPATH mkdir bin 

Now download the compiled dep file.

curl | sh 

Copy the dep file from $GOPATH/go/bin to the project's root location.

Execute the dep file with commands

./dep [command] 

dep commands:

Usage: "dep [command]" Commands: init Set up a new Go project, or migrate an existing one status Report the status of the project's dependencies ensure Ensure a dependency is safely vendored in the project version Show the dep version information check Check if imports, Gopkg.toml, and Gopkg.lock are in sync Examples: dep init set up a new project dep ensure install the project's dependencies dep ensure -update update the locked versions of all dependencies dep ensure -add add a dependency to the project Use "dep help [command]" for more information about a command. 

You can have it in your PATH

curl -LO chmod 700 install.sh ./install.sh chmod +x $GOPATH/bin/dep sudo mv $GOPATH/bin/dep /usr/local/bin/ 

so you can call it from everywhere dep