Building OSS version from source

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Hi

I’m trying to build the OSS version of Drone from source (which is the only way to get it as far as I know). I want to test run this version before considering upgrading to the Enterprise version.
I’m following the simple guide here: drone/BUILDING_OSS at master · drone/drone (github.com)

I have installed the newest version of Go for Windows, cloned the repository, cd’ed into the repo.
When I run the command

go install -tags "oss nolimit" github.com/drone/drone/cmd/drone-server

I would expect $GOPATH/bin to contain the compiled binary.

Instead, I get this error

package github.com/drone/drone/cmd/drone-server
        imports github.com/drone/drone/store/template:
        build constraints exclude all Go files in
        C:\Users\<my_username>\go\src\drone\store\template

Go version:

$ go version
go version go1.16.4 windows/amd64

How do I resolve this issue? Does it only work on Linux?

I have never used Go before, any help is greatly appreciated.

Edit:
I tried to build from source via WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux), but it gave a similar error

$ go version
go version go1.13.8 linux/amd64

build github.com/drone/drone/store/template:
cannot load github.com/drone/drone/store/template: no Go source files
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You can use the following to install drone, Overview | Drone you dont need to build it from source. Here are the steps to run drone against a github repoistory with docker GitHub | Drone

3

Thank for the reply.

I already have followed that guide and successfully set up Drone locally with a Gitea instance. However, I’m quite sure that the installation guide in the docs that you link to is for the Enterprise version. Whereas I want to install the Open Source Edition.

This is from the FAQ (Enterprise | Drone)

Where do I download the Open Source Edition?
There is no official distribution of the Open Source Edition. You can build the Open Source Edition from source using the oss build tags.

4

There looks to be something up with master, i will look into that. To get you running you can build of the latest released version git reset v2.0.1 --hard then retry the build go install -tags "oss nolimit" github.com/drone/drone/cmd/drone-server

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5

Thanks a lot my friend!
I was able to build it now by resetting to v2.0.1. Much appreciated.

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Excellent, glad it worked.

there should be a fix going in later today for master.

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