Cannot find module providing package ed25519 in Go language

Question

I'm new in Go language. I want to test some code in Go language some code in Go language by using this command go run main.go .

I have this error: cannot find module providing package github.com/perlin-network/noise/crypto/ed25519

I tried to install it using:

go get github.com/perlin-network/noise/crypto/ed25519

I get this error:

go: finding github.com/perlin-network/noise/crypto/ed25519 latest
go: finding github.com/perlin-network/noise/crypto latest
go get github.com/perlin-network/noise/crypto/ed25519: no matching versions for query "latest"

I also have tried this:

go get -u github.com/perlin-network/noise

The error:

go: finding github.com/oasislabs/ed25519 latest
go: finding golang.org/x/lint latest
go: finding golang.org/x/xerrors latest
go: finding golang.org/x/crypto latest
go: github.com/oasislabs/ed25519@v0.0.0-20210505154701-76d8c688d86e: parsing go.mod: unexpected module path "github.com/oasisprotocol/ed25519"
go: finding golang.org/x/net latest
go get: error loading module requirements

Did I miss something?

Answer 1

This is currently mentioned in perlin-network/noise issue 287 , since Aug. 2020, without any answer for now (Q2 2021).

An alternative would be to:

• fork the repository perlin-network/noise
• update the dependency in the fork me/noise
• use go mod replace in your project, to switch repositories.

But all that suggests your own project uses go mod , so make sure to go init myproject first, in order to benefit from those dependencies management feature.
That way, no need to $GOPATH/src .