Go build error when trying to generate "generator" file

[R4ZZB3RRY]

Hi. I'm tryin to build the generator file and I am getting a permission denied error. The error happens when trying to open the generator file.

mitchell@mitchell-virtual-machine:~/go/src/snmp_exporter/generator$ go build
github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter/generator: go build github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter/generator: copying /tmp/go-build1039860546/b001/exe/a.out: open generator: permission denied

I've been using go build version 1.22.0 and have installed all dependencies.

Host operating system: output of uname -a

Linux mitchell-virtual-machine 5.15.0-94-generic #104~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 16 13:34:09 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What did you do that produced an error?

ran go build

What did you expect to see?

generator file

What did you see instead?

permission denied

[SuperQ]

What do you get for:

ls -ld . generator

[R4ZZB3RRY]

no such file or directory

[R4ZZB3RRY]

mitchell@mitchell-virtual-machine:~/go/src/snmp_exporter/generator$ ls -ld . generator
ls: cannot access 'generator': No such file or directory
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 17 14:43 .

[SuperQ]

Your checkout is owned by root, your user can not write to that.

[R4ZZB3RRY]

how do i chown the checkout?

[R4ZZB3RRY]

nevermind i figured it out. Thanks for your help