On 09/10/2018 11:00, wireguard-request@lists.zx2c4.com wrote: > In fact : > > [nicolas@linux wireguard-go-0.0.20180613]$ printf 'package main\nconst > UseTheKernelModuleInstead = 0xdeadbabe\n' > ireallywantobuildon_linux.go > [nicolas@linux wireguard-go-0.0.20180613]$ make > Makefile:7: *** Do not build this for Linux. Instead use the Linux kernel > module. See wireguard.com/install/ for more info.. Stop. Look in the Makefile : ifeq ($(shell go env GOOS),linux) ifeq ($(wildcard .git),) $(error Do not build this for Linux. Instead use the Linux kernel module. See wireguard.com/install/ for more info.) else $(shell printf 'package main\nconst UseTheKernelModuleInstead = 0xdeadbabe\n' > ireallywantobuildon_linux.go) endif endif Also see https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Wildcard-Function.html It looks like you need to move the .git directory out of the way before you build - or just modify the Makefile. And you shouldn't need to manually create ireallywantobuildon_linux.go, because the Makefile does it for you.