Linking error

[lokiverloren]

ok, maybe it's not a typo but until i had the thought to omit the '-a' from the command near the bottom of the page to install mist, it refused to do it, halting with some error about not being able to read something that didn't make any sense. the file was also a '*.a' file. something to do with assembly or something, anyway, didn't work for me, but as soon as the '-a' was left out of the command it worked perfectly.

from this:

go get -u -a github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/mist

to this:

go get -u github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/mist

[obscuren]

-a force rebuilding of packages that are already up-to-date.

Did you recently switch from go1.2 to go1.3? Could you give me the full output of the error?

Also please be aware that you're running a very experimental version right now :-) Default repo = develop

[lokiverloren]

yes, this is why i am working with it - a bit over a year ago i had the general concept but not the fundamentals that this project has, i want to see this out in the wild ^_^ so i want to help make it happen.

my system setup is a stock ubuntu 14.04.1 desktop, i had a lot of trouble working with the c++ build, i got it almost working except the qt bombed from something to do with opengl (could have been my fglrx and/or amd video) but the go client built fine until the mist build and this change in the instructions made it work. i tried it because i saw that the previous go get command lacked the -a.

[obscuren]

cool. We are always interested in people who would like to help build and test 👍