The PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1

[m1ker1n]

Version

1.17.2

What happened?

sqlc was installed by this:

go install github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@latest

Used

sqlc generate

As result got messages that I should set CGO_ENABLED=1.

Expected to generate go code.

Relevant log output

output:
db/migrations/0001_init.up.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.
db/migrations/0002_ad.up.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.
db/migrations/0003_file.up.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.
db/migrations/0004_ad_attachment.up.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.
db/migrations/0005_messenger.up.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.

go env:
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/admin/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/admin/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOEXPERIMENT=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/home/admin/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/admin/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GOVCS=""
GOVERSION="go1.19.7"
GCCGO="gccgo"
GOAMD64="v1"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/mnt/e/qfbi/go.mod"
GOWORK=""
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build4211620203=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

Database schema

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SQL queries

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Configuration

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Playground URL

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What operating system are you using?

Linux

What database engines are you using?

PostgreSQL

What type of code are you generating?

Go

[cavator]

i uninstall the Go install, and use only the snapd one, and worked like a charm

[Assbomber]

Was having the same issue. Installed homebrew for linux, then ran brew install sqlc. Now the sqlc generate works fine.

[kyleconroy]

@m1ker1n Can you give us a bit more information about the Go installation you're using? I'm confused because go env claims that CGO_ENABLED is set to true.

[hamedtahmasebi]

Same error here using windows WSL2 ubuntu 22.04 go version go1.20.5 linux/amd64

[utsavo-afk]

same issue WSL ubuntu 22.04 go version 1.20.6 linux/amd64 go install .../sqlc

my go env VGO_ENABLED=1 but it still keeps giving the same error that I should enable CGO_ENABLED flag

[brlala]

anyone found a workaround for this?

[hamedtahmasebi]

For anyone around here using WSL. I tried the command with sudo one day and it started working out of nowhere🤦‍♂️. might be as simple as that, try it.

[Assbomber]

Switch to docker version 🙌. Easy

[brlala]

Yeah, for anyone encountering this issue, instead of running go install, just download the binary directly. Works for me

[teaampee]

I encountered this issue on WSL and ChromeOS linux environment. the issue occurred when CGO_ENABLED was 0 when I installed sqlc and turning it on afterwards didn't help.

I was able to reproduce it here are some logs:

$ go env -w CGO_ENABLED=0
$ go env CGO_ENABLED
0
$ go install github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@latest
$ go env -w CGO_ENABLED=1
$ sqlc generate
# package database
sql/schema/001_users.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.
sql/schema/002_users_apiKeys.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine requires cgo. Please set CGO_ENABLED=1.
$ go env CGO_ENABLED
1
$ rm ~/go/bin/sqlc
$ go env -w CGO_ENABLED=1
$ go install github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@latest
# github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc
/usr/bin/ld: warning: x86_64.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
/usr/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
$ sqlc generate
$ go env CGO_ENABLED
1

I also installed couple of libraries like build-essential and libc-dev before I recreated the issue not sure if it made a difference.

[ilessy]

It's simple to fix, first you enable CGO

go env -w CGO_ENABLED=1

then you install gcc

sudo apt install build-essential

last you install sqlc again

go install github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@latest

[HzTTT]

/This problem will occur if you use go install to download. I uninstalled the original one and installed it using brew and it was no problem.