Trying to snap godoc I run into this golang bug: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/15106 Sample run: $ snapcraft Preparing to pull godoc Pulling godoc go get -t -d golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc Preparing to build godoc Building godoc go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc: open /usr/lib/go-1.6/bin/godoc: permission denied Command '['/bin/sh', '/tmp/tmpws7rhnp0', 'go', 'install', 'golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc']' returned non-zero exit status 1 (See attached snapcraft.yaml) Basically godoc is special and go install tries to put it in $GOROOT/bin instead of $GOPATH/bin Even when when this is fixed in golang, snapcraft should NOT allow to install into $GOROOT or give the user a way out, like building without installing or forcing installation path within the snap environment.