# Cannot go get github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat go1.4.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-go-get-github-com-elastic-beats-libbeat-beat-go1-4-2/69815>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-go-get-github-com-elastic-beats-libbeat-beat-go1-4-2/69815 "2016-12-22T15:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoidberg8e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a698b9/32.png) [@zoidberg8e](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zoidberg8e)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-go-get-github-com-elastic-beats-libbeat-beat-go1-4-2/69815/1 "2016-12-22T15:53:48Z")

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go get [github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat](http://github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat)  
package context: unrecognized import path "context"

go version  
go version go1.4.2 gccgo (GCC) 5.2.1 20150716 linux/amd64

With the go version of gcc 5.2.1 which is 1.4.2 there is no context.

This was introduced with 1.7 as i know.

Could you create a backwards compatibility branch?

Thank you.

Regards.

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-go-get-github-com-elastic-beats-libbeat-beat-go1-4-2/69815/2 "2017-01-02T18:53:27Z")

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There is no version compatible with go 1.4.2. Any specific reason you need 1.4.2?

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**Author:** ![zoidberg8e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a698b9/32.png) [@zoidberg8e](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zoidberg8e)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-go-get-github-com-elastic-beats-libbeat-beat-go1-4-2/69815/3 "2017-01-04T08:40:33Z")

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Because this is the version that comes with gcc 5.2.1, which is the version we ship.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-go-get-github-com-elastic-beats-libbeat-beat-go1-4-2/69815/4 "2017-02-01T08:40:45Z")

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