Cannot "go install" due to replace directives

[hmeine]

I have just installed go 1.16.3 via MacPorts, which may not be the version the installation instructions were intended for:

# go install github.com/hashicorp/levant
go install: version is required when current directory is not in a module
	Try 'go install github.com/hashicorp/levant@latest' to install the latest version

With @latest or @v0.3.0 I get the following:

# go install github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]
go install github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]: github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]
	The go.mod file for the module providing named packages contains one or
	more replace directives. It must not contain directives that would cause
	it to be interpreted differently than if it were the main module.

Unfortunately, I do not know how to work around this problem.

(I removed the other sections of the issue template, because they were all not applicable.)

[animeshjain]

Hello, I'm also facing the same issue on go version go1.16.4 darwin/amd64. I've never used go modules before so not quite sure what to do about it.

[GauravRaii]

I have the exact issue.

[schematis]

Experiencing this issue installing into the golang:alpine docker container.