Error installing?

[patcon]

Sorry, I'm new to go, so take this bug report with a grain of salt. Ran through the README's install instructions after installing go like so:

apt-get install golang
export GOPATH=$HOME/go

Here's the error I get:
https://gist.github.com/patcon/435bc7f8e0397a87763d

Running ubuntu precise 12.04

~$ go version
go version go1

Thanks!

[cryptix]

The version of go supplied by ubuntu 12.04 seems to be fairly old (1.3.3 is current). If there is no update available you might want to installing Go from source.

[jbenet]

Yep, your Go version is too old. Run 1.2+. Those pass our (growing) test suite: https://travis-ci.org/jbenet/go-ipfs/ (<1.1 don't)

FWIW, i've had bad experiences installing Go from package mgrs. Installing from source is unusually easy though, so I'd follow @cryptix's advice.

[patcon]

Ah gotcha, thanks y'all!