can't load package: package .: no buildable Go source files

Question

Here is the error message:

% go get     
can\'t load package: package .: no buildable Go source files in /Users/7yan00

% echo $GOPATH     
/Users/7yan00/Gol         


        

Answer 1

To resolve this for my situation:

I had to specify a more specific sub-package to install.

Wrong:

go get github.com/garyburd/redigo

Correct:

go get github.com/garyburd/redigo/redis