Go Algo node on OSX / Apple Silicon

sanderr2 · April 17, 2024, 9:38am

Hi, I’m trying to spin up a node on Mac OSX / Apple Silicon but get an error that is documented here:

github.com/algorand/go-algorand

Unable to compile go-algorand on M1

opened 07:02PM - 05 Aug 22 UTC

closed 06:42AM - 16 Feb 23 UTC

pbennett

Team Hyper Flow

### Subject of the issue I'm unable to build go-algorand on the mac M1. My …understanding is that some on the team can do this, but it's never worked for me, ever. I used to build it all the time on prior Intel mac so I'm familiar with the process and familiar with Go. ### Your environment * Go version: 1.18.2 darwin/arm64 * HEAD version of go-algorand master branch (rel/etc. don't matter) ### Steps to reproduce 1. Follow the README.. 2. ./scripts/configure_dev.sh works fine 3. ./scripts/buildtools/install_buildtools.sh works for a number of things but ultimately fails on: ``` ++ go install github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/cmd/swagger@v0.25.0 + OUTPUT='# golang.org/x/sys/unix ../../../../../go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/sys@v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/unix/syscall_darwin.1_13.go:29:3: //go:linkname must refer to declared function or variable ../../../../../go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/sys@v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/unix/zsyscall_darwin_arm64.1_13.go:27:3: //go:linkname must refer to declared function or variable ../../../../../go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/sys@v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/unix/zsyscall_darwin_arm64.1_13.go:40:3: //go:linkname must refer to declared function or variable ... ``` This version is not compatible with M1s. I don't know how this succeeds for the team on a clean environment. Installing the latest version manually works fine though, ie: ```go install github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/cmd/swagger@HEAD``` Getting past that, it then fails on: ``` ++ go install github.com/algorand/oapi-codegen/cmd/oapi-codegen@v1.3.7 + OUTPUT='# golang.org/x/sys/unix ../../../../../go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/sys@v0.0.0-20200413165638-669c56c373c4/unix/syscall_darwin.1_13.go:25:3: //go:linkname must refer to declared function or variable ... ``` Fetching HEAD of oapi-codegen doesn't fix the issue. If I continue on and just try to build w/ make, it builds quite a bit but ultimately fails here: ``` # github.com/algorand/go-algorand/crypto crypto/batchverifier.go:160:14: could not determine kind of name for C.crypto_sign_ed25519_open_batch ```

Can anyone help me resolve the issue?
Thanks in anticipation
Rob

PatrickB · April 17, 2024, 4:38pm

If’s definitely buildable on M1s if you’re compiling it yourself (I closed that issue with the issue I finally found).
The amd64 version will also work as-is through the built-in emulation if you just use the update.sh installer script referenced in the node installation docs.

sanderr2 · April 18, 2024, 7:11am

Thanks Patrick - my frustration is that I follow the instructions on the portal / GitHub to the letter and a problem that was identified a long time ago still causes it to fail. To compound it, there is no step by step instruction on how to get it to work - just some fairly vague statement about it working through “built in emulation” as is. Well not for me clearly! Which update.sh are we talking about here - a link would be helpful. !n desperation I tried updating a couple of things - sodium etc but still no joy. If this was using some bleeding edge hardware I could maybe understand it but Apple Silicon when we’re approaching M4? Surely this should just work by now - especiially if we’re trying to reduce the friction of people onboarding to Algorand?

PatrickB · April 18, 2024, 4:22pm

Just following the standard installation instructions should work fine if you don’t want to build it yourself:

sanderr2 · April 18, 2024, 5:01pm

Thanks Patrick,
I’m determined to build it but am now getting:
The version of quic-go you’re using can’t be built on Go 1.21 yet

which seems strange as I’m on Go 1.22 and have the latest quic-go downloaded from GitHub.
I will keep at it…

PatrickB · April 18, 2024, 5:44pm

the go.mod for go-algorand states 1.20 for the go version though.
You may explicitly need go 1.20 to avoid issues.

sanderr2 · April 18, 2024, 5:57pm

Thanks for your help Patrick - I really appreciate it.
I upgraded go to the latest as the go-pic documentation suggested that the error wouldn’t happen from go 1.22 onwards I think. Anyhow I’ve regressed Go version and am trying once more…

sanderr2 · April 19, 2024, 8:20am

Yes running it with Go 1.20.14 works!
It’s a shame it doesn’t work with the latest version of Go but I suspect there must be a good reason.

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