How does telegraf build pull in fpm dependency

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Im trying to build telegraf locally away from using make file.

In the build steps there is one step that builds the package

go build -i -o $(TELEGRAF) -ldflags “$(LDFLAGS)” ./cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go

This step internally uses fpm for building the package.

Although im interested in only building a tar file, I would like to know how i can pull in the fpm package as a dependency as part of the build process.

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That step doesn’t use fpm, but the make package target does:

package:
	./scripts/build.py --package --platform=all --arch=all

It’s a little messy, but we normally install fpm in scripts/circle-test.sh. I recommend installing this package outside of the build system as a prerequisite, in the same way you would install Go and make.