golang test error: cannot find package "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert" in any of:

Question

My import looks like this below:

import (
"testing"

"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)

when I try try running 'go test' I get the error message:

cannot find package "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert" in any of:
/Users/[username]/go/src/github.com/[group_name]/[project_name]/vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert (vendor tree)
/usr/local/go/src/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert (from $GOROOT)
/Users/[username]/go/src/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert (from $GOPATH)
FAIL    github.com/[group_name]/[project_name]/lib/briteverify [setup failed]

So it appears the last line is the issue, where it says in .../lib/briteverify it cannot find github.com/stretchr/testify/assert. However, I have this as an import so I don't know why it would throw this error. Any thoughts?

Have you run `go get github.com/stretchr/testify/assert` to get the assert package? — joncalhoun, Feb 15 '17 at 16:20
ahhhhhhh nope! Brand new to golang and aside from doing that once a week ago I forgot. Thanks! — jj1111, Feb 15 '17 at 16:23

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '17 at 16:25

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Moving the answer here for others in the future.

You need to both import the package and run go get github.com/package/path to install the package.

answered Feb 15 '17 at 16:25

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golang test error: cannot find package "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert" in any of:

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