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A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.
https://age-encryption.org
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Installation instructions using `go` don't work on Debian 11. #399

Closed vext01 closed 2 years ago

vext01 commented 2 years ago

Environment

What were you trying to do

Install via go, as per the README:

go install filippo.io/age/cmd/...@latest

What happened

$ go install filippo.io/age/cmd/...@latest
go: warning: "filippo.io/age/cmd/...@latest" matched no packages
vext01 commented 2 years ago

Should it be go get ...?

smlx commented 2 years ago

Debian stable has Go 1.15. This is no longer supported upstream.

If you install Go from backports you'll get a new enough version for go install to work.

https://packages.debian.org/bullseye-backports/golang

FiloSottile commented 2 years ago

That's correct, age requires a supported version of Go to build.