exec: "gcc": executable file not found in %PATH% when trying go build

Question

I am using Windows 10. When I tried to build Chaincode it reported this error

# github.com/hyperledger/fabric/vendor/github.com/miekg/pkcs11 
exec: "gcc": executable file not found in %PATH%

My chaincode imports:

import (
    "fmt"
    "strconv"

    "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/chaincode/shim"
    pb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/peer"
)

It's running fine in Docker.

go build command giving the above gcc error ... how can i solve it — jaswanth, Apr 24 '17 at 06:34
@jaswanth: Your error message is `"gcc": executable file not found`. That should be your first clue that "gcc" is required but not found. — Jonathan Hall, Apr 24 '17 at 09:06

peterSO · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-24T13:09:03.300

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gcc (the GNU Compiler Collection) provides a C compiler. On Windows, install TDM-GCC. The github.com/miekg/pkcs11 package uses cgo. Cgo enables the creation of Go packages that call C code.

edited Apr 24 '17 at 13:09

answered Apr 24 '17 at 12:34

peterSO

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tq it worked but getting different error now `.\hyperledger\fabric\vendor\github.com\miekg\pkcs11\pkcs11.go:29:18: fatal error: ltdl.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated.` – jaswanth Apr 25 '17 at 04:03
I installed [libtools](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libtool.htm) but its not working – jaswanth Apr 26 '17 at 07:02
jaswanth, check out the answer @Ashinkel has given. I did have the same problem, but that worked for me. – pkmelee337 May 30 '18 at 22:56
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When downloading the TDM-GCC installer for Windows, use the x64 version. The 32-bit version did not solve the problem for me. – Kent Apr 12 '19 at 02:41
Installation of TDM-GCC [https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/] works fine for me Windows 10 testing execution with fyne [https://fyne.io] – Camilo Caquimbo Aug 28 '20 at 04:18
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If you are using VSCode, after installing TDM-GCC you will need to close VSCode and reopen it. This is needed so that the VScode terminal is updated and the gcc command can be found. – Eduardo Mior Jan 06 '23 at 17:10

score 144 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 08 '20 at 15:00

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If you are running Ubuntu do:

apt-get install build-essential

This solved the problem. It installs the gcc/g++ compilers and libraries.

edited Jan 08 '20 at 15:00

questionaire

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answered Apr 16 '19 at 10:00

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use this command, when you are facing the issue in Ubuntu with sudo – Neo Ravi Sep 16 '19 at 16:03
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If you are facing with dependencies when installing try ‘sudo aptitude install build-essential’ – ilya_direct Nov 14 '19 at 18:41
Which Ubuntu shell stores the path in a variable called %PATH%? – kfsone Aug 04 '20 at 22:40
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Worth noting that build-essential is not required to build Go source code, so you might not need this until you install a dependency that needs it to build – ThetaSinner Jun 05 '21 at 19:20
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The OP is using Windows! – Tomáš Fejfar Nov 06 '22 at 16:10

score 26 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 03 '21 at 01:28

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I also encountered this message, but in my case, it was missing gcc.exe. I used choco and installed mingw, and then it worked.

details:

download choco
choco install mingw -y
check: gcc -v

answered Mar 03 '21 at 01:28

Carson

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Also works with scoop: `scoop install mingw` – James Cameron Jan 01 '23 at 11:29
Quick question, why does this not work if you just install gcc directly with scoop (e.g. scoop install gcc)? – mpmcintyre Aug 10 '23 at 08:25

score 19 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:54

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1) Install .exe from > https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/

1.2) ! use x86_64 architecture

2) Add C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin to PATH in User Variables and in System Variables. For me it works.

! To edit Path variable press Windows key, type 'path', choose 'Edit the system environment variables', click 'Environment Variables', find Path variable in System variables and in User variables then edit.

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:54

ame

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This explanation is a little cryptic but I managed to solve the issue by reading well what is said here and "interpret" Alex's intentions: apply step 1.2 *whilst* installing the application in step 1, and only after that go to step 2. – Bazzz Mar 17 '19 at 09:14
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`C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin` in my case, since I installed the Git client and it uses mingw64 – T1960CT Sep 08 '19 at 19:41
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On Windows, once you have edited the PATH in System Environment Variables, remember you need to exit/kill any open command terminals you intend using, as they will not receive a PATH update. – lucsan Nov 10 '19 at 15:10

score 16 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 15 '23 at 21:12

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On Windows install https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/, that is all.

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score 15 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 15 '20 at 12:47

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If you are using an alpine based image with your Dockerfile

Install build-base which will be met with your requirements.

apk add build-base

answered Dec 15 '20 at 12:47

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Can you explain the intuition behind it – Shaikh Abuzar Jun 16 '21 at 10:12
It contains several other packages that your OS might need including, g++, make, libc, libc-dev, gcc, etc. – Yagiz Degirmenci Jun 16 '21 at 11:21
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this answer is savior! – ScanQR Jun 14 '22 at 15:07

score 9 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 15 '22 at 09:48

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$ go env

check CGO_ENABLED if its 1 change it to 0 by

$export CGO_ENABLED=0

edited Apr 15 '22 at 09:48

Cililing

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answered Nov 10 '20 at 06:54

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You have a typo, it should be: export CGO_ENABLED=0 (with "A") – Francisco Cardoso Jan 04 '22 at 14:57
inside a container? – KD.S.T. Apr 18 '22 at 14:33
This ended up working for my specifc use case. Only difference was for windows needed to run `go env -w GCO_ENABLED=0` on the CLI – Ben G Aug 31 '23 at 20:59

score 5 · Answer 8 · answered May 05 '21 at 08:32

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For my case : os: windows 10

command:

choco install mingw

install choco if not installed: Link: https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/how-to-install-chocolatey-on-windows/

worked for me.

answered May 05 '21 at 08:32

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score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 04:28

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The proper explanations why go build does not work for hyperledger in Windows environment are given as other answers. For your compilation purposes, just to make it work without installing anything extra, you can try the following

go build --tags nopkcs11

It worked for me. I hope same works for you too.

answered Jul 13 '17 at 04:28

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Awesome! Thanks! If you use Visual Studio Code as windows editor you can add this to your settings with the following setting: "go.buildTags": "nopkcs11" – pkmelee337 May 30 '18 at 22:55

Alexey Shevelyov · Answer 10 · 2019-12-08T14:42:02.990

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You can try - this is not a solution but a temp workaround

cgo_enabled=0 go build

Once you install gcc - and make sure %PATH has a way to find it (gcc.exe) - this should go away.

Also running this one will ensure the cgo_enabled variable will stay this way as long as terminal is open. That way you don't have to prefix it each time you do a build.

export cgo_enabled=0 go build

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answered Nov 11 '19 at 16:21

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score 4 · Answer 11 · edited May 22 '23 at 13:42

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For Ubuntu, what worked for me was to simply run:

sudo apt install gcc

edited May 22 '23 at 13:42

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answered Jul 28 '21 at 15:35

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score 4 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 18 '22 at 11:06

just followed instructions from following and it solve my issue

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw

it ask to install Mingw-w64 via MSYS2

important command is pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain then add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to PATH

thanks

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered May 10 '22 at 15:56

On Amazon Linux 2:

Install go

wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.18.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
Install gcc

sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

I recommend using the package group, even though it can be done without it, because groupinstall gives you the necessary packages to compile software on Amazon Linux and Redhat, CentOS for that matter.

score 2 · Answer 14 · edited Mar 19 '20 at 03:08

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on Ubuntu its very easy but on windows need to do it:

download MinGW on http://www.mingw.org/
install on basic package Gcc-g++ (see this image)
add on environment Patch of windows variables.
restart and continue with "go get ..."

edited Mar 19 '20 at 03:08

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answered Mar 18 '20 at 16:25

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score 2 · Answer 15 · answered Dec 30 '20 at 03:13

If you are running Ubuntu do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential.

If the above commands do not work do:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe"

The main component contains applications that are free software, can be freely redistributed and are fully supported by the Ubuntu team. & The universe component is a snapshot of the free, open-source, and Linux world.

Then install package by following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential.

For more info click here: https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-problem-installing-build-essential-on-14-04-1-lts-duplicate/

There is no need of dot at the end of the command – Faiyaz Alam May 09 '21 at 17:04 — Faiyaz Alam, May 09 '21 at 17:04

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 29 '22 at 19:04

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Just add this to your Dockerfile

RUN apk add alpine-sdk

answered Mar 29 '22 at 19:04

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oasf · Answer 17 · 2017-05-08T22:57:39.563

gcc should not be necessary, unless you are cross compiling for a non-windows platform, or use cgo. If you still need gcc, however, you should install MinGW, which provides a gcc port for Windows (Cygwin and msys should also work, although I have never actually tested this).

Edit: I see from your error message now, that it is a dependency that requires gcc. If you didn't already know this, gcc is a c/c++ compiler, and in this case it is probably needed to compile c source files included by a dependency or sub-dependency.

score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Apr 28 '18 at 16:12

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Instruction to fix the "exec: “gcc”: executable file not found in %PATH%" error with MSYS2:

Download MSYS2.
Put MSYS2 folder into your $PATH.
Start the MSYS2 command line program.
Run this command: pacman -S gcc.

answered Apr 28 '18 at 16:12

Suriyaa

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which path? I installed msys to `c:\tools\msys64` and I think i'm supposed to use `c:\tools\msys64\usr\bin` to my PATH is that right? – Robert Snyder Oct 07 '18 at 03:31

score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Mar 06 '20 at 04:12

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Kindly install the MINGW after GUI will automatically take.

http://mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started

answered Mar 06 '20 at 04:12

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score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Apr 10 '21 at 12:51

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On Windows, you can install gcc by Scoop:

scoop install gcc

answered Apr 10 '21 at 12:51

Peter Santoso

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Scoop is my preferred method, as it does not require admin privileges, and uses current user directory, which seems like the cleanest solution – Milan Dec 02 '22 at 07:51

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Aug 15 '17 at 01:17

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you need to download MingGW64
put MingGW64 folder into your $PATH
run go build xxx.go (with cgo library)

answered Aug 15 '17 at 01:17

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Apr 14 '18 at 06:21

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Hi jaswanth the main problem is that you haven't register your %GO_HOME%\pkg\tool\windows_amd64 to yuour Environment Path. %GO_HOME% is the repository where you install your go at the first time.

answered Apr 14 '18 at 06:21

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Jan 09 '20 at 10:22

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same as other, just install tdm-gcc, but you can use its terminal, "MinGW", you can access it from start menu folder tdm-gcc, after start, browse to your project, and run it again

answered Jan 09 '20 at 10:22

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score 0 · Answer 24 · answered May 01 '21 at 04:33

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I'm a Windows user and I downloaded tdm-gcc (MinGW-w64 based) from the link below:

https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/

After installation, it made a folder named "TDM-GCC-64".

I added "C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin" to my PATH, And it fixed my problem.

answered May 01 '21 at 04:33

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