No CLI binary available for the ARMv8 architecture

[nimser]

The installation page doesn't offer any option for the ARMv8 architecture.

Also, there is not any build for ARMv8 available on the Github release page.

A new build or instructions to compile the CLI from source on this platform would be helpful.
Help I got here, got me to the stage where I get the following error when running go install github.com/exercism/cli/exercism :

/tmp/go-build626712024/github.com/exercism/cli/exercism/_obj/_go_.o: In function `main.main':
/home/alarm/.go/src/github.com/exercism/cli/exercism/main.go:42: undefined reference to `github_com_urfave_cli.

UPDATE

I get the same error when doing go get github.com/exercism/cli/exercism

Additional information:
Distribution: Arch Linux ARM
Architecture: aarch64
Note: also tried the AUR package, which doesn't build.

[NobbZ]

Ad far as I understand the go eco system, install does only build and install locally available stuff. Try go get and then install the cli.

[mhelmetag]

I was able to install exercism on my raspberry pi running AArch by:

$ su root
$ pacman -S go
$ su <previous_username>
$ mkdir ~/go
$ # add export GOPATH=$HOME/go and PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin to my ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ go get github.com/exercism/cli/exercism
$ go install github.com/exercism/cli/exercism

Worked like a charm. So I agree with @NobbZ that you need to go get first before you go install.

[Tonkpils]

I'm wondering if it's as simple as adding

createRelease linux arm64

to the release build script similar to https://github.com/exercism/cli/blob/master/bin/build-all#L76 without the 3rd argument as per https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoArm#supported-architectures.

[mhelmetag]

@Tonkpils , I would think it is that easy.

[nimser]

@mhelmetag When I run the go get github.com/exercism/cli/exercismcommand I get errors of type ../../.go/src/github.com/exercism/cli/vendor/golang.org/x/text/runes/cond.go:10:29: error: import file ‘golang.org/x/text/transform’ not found

I run that command from the place where I cloned the repo. My GOPATH is set to ~/.go.

If I then install that missing dependency with a go get golang.org/x/text/transform, I am able to go one step further but running go get github.com/exercism/cli/exercism again would fail with another missing dependency error (import file xxx not found). If I repeat manually installing all dependencies, I then reach the stage of my first post, getting the undefined reference to github_com_urfave_cli whenever I do go get or go install (I had done all this before posting here).

[Tonkpils]

@fuzzytern I'll be cutting out a release for ARMv8 for the 2.3.0 version. I'll ping back when that's done and see if that works for you

[nimser]

Thanks @Tonkpils :)

[Tonkpils]

@fuzzytern could you give the arm-v8 binary a try? https://github.com/exercism/cli/releases/tag/v2.3.0 Let me know if everything works as expected. If it does I'll go ahead and merge the release script changes so the new releases take effect

[nimser]

Thank you @Tonkpils!
It works fantastically :D