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I'm trying to set up a GUI for my golang app, using this:

https://github.com/lxn/walk

but I'm stuck on the step to compile the manifest:

go get github.com/akavel/rsrc
rsrc -manifest test.manifest -o rsrc.syso

On the second command, I get this error:

bash: rsrc: command not found

This is totally understandable - I don't have such command installed on my OS, but the problem is, I don't know how to install it. Google/bing search is totally useless in this case, since it just directs me to the rsrc tool github page:

rsrc tool

And that page states, that installation command is "go get github.com/akavel/rsrc", but it makes no sense to me - "go get" only gets a package for my project, it is not meant to install anything on my OS. Am I missing something?

Likely, I'm just going to use another framework, but I'm really curious, why doesn't this one work.

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    Executable are no longer installed via go get but through go install. Try `go install -v github.com/akavel/rsrc@latest`. (The documentation _was_ accurate several years ago; it no longer is.) – Volker Apr 01 '23 at 08:31
  • That was it, thanks! I'm not from the era when "go get" would install stuff, so I didn't know that was some obsolete function. Also, looks like the documentation is not the only obsolete about this package. Anyway, this answers the question. – user3162266 Apr 01 '23 at 08:45

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As stated in the comments, go get command used to install things a few years back, but it no longer does.

To install rsrc, do:

go install -v github.com/akavel/rsrc@latest
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