Installation fails to work as intended if "go.mod" file present about avash HOT 6 CLOSED

Hey I don't know how go modules work, what is the difference between Test 1 and Test 2? What needs to be fixed?

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Modules take any requested library to be installed and isolates it to the active project. So if I install gecko and stay in the gecko install directory, moving on immediately to avash install messing it up because it thinks i'm trying to integrate it directly with gecko. Something as simply as putting a note in the install directions to start with a clean directory (essentially without a "go.mod" file in it) solves the issue. Test 1 shows what happens if you stay in the gecko install directory. Never generates the avash folder in the gopath location expected. Test 2 moves out of gecko install before installing avash and it all works fine.

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This sounds like Golang behavior and not avash behavor. Plus I don't think our instructions say to do what you did.

https://github.com/ava-labs/avash#quick-setup

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Existing steps:

1. • Install and build an AVA client
2. • go get github.com/ava-labs/avash

There is no step 1.5 saying to leave the gecko AVA client install directory. I leave it your discretion if overkill to tell someone that. As being myself previously not familiar with golang modules, it was very confusing for me. Its here for historical records on github if someone else stumbles the say way I did.

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Our steps are:

1. Install and build an AVA client
2. go get github.com/ava-labs/avash
3. cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ava-labs/avash
4. go build

They already do tell you to go to the avash directory before building.

I don't see the issue here?

Here's a link to our README: https://github.com/ava-labs/avash/blob/master/README.md

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I think we document what you're asking for already. I'm closing this issue. If you have more details we can chat in Discord and I'll see where the confusion is, but our existing steps already put you in the avash directory.

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