setup.py

import subprocess
import sys

from distutils.command.build import build as DistutilsBuild
from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext as DistutilsBuildExt
from setuptools import setup, Extension

import build

class BuildExt(DistutilsBuildExt):
    def run(self):
        pass

    def build_extension(self, ext):
        pass

class BuildError(Exception):
    pass

class Build(DistutilsBuild):
    def run(self):
        self.check_version()
        self.build()

    def check_version(self):
        cmd = ['go', 'help', 'build']
        try:
            build_help = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).rstrip()
        except OSError as e:
            raise BuildError("""

Unable to execute '{}'. HINT: are you sure `go` is installed?

go_vncdriver requires Go version 1.5 or newer. Here are some hints for Go installation:

- Ubuntu 14.04: The default golang is too old, but you can get a modern one via: "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-lxc/lxd-stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install golang"
- Ubuntu 16:04: "sudo apt-get install golang"
- OSX, El Capitan or newer: "brew install golang"
- Other: you can obtain a recent Go build from https://golang.org/doc/install

(DETAIL: original error: {}.)""".format(' '.join(cmd), e))
        else:
            if 'buildmode' not in str(build_help):
                raise RuntimeError("""

Your Go installation looks too old: go_vncdriver requires Go version 1.5 or newer. Here are some hints for Go installation:

- Ubuntu 14.04: The default golang is too old, but you can get a modern one via: "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-lxc/lxd-stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install golang"
- Ubuntu 16:04: "sudo apt-get install golang"
- OSX, El Capitan or newer: "brew install golang"
- Other: you can obtain a recent Go build from https://golang.org/doc/install

You can obtain a recent Go build from https://golang.org/doc/install. If on Ubuntu, you can follow: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Ubuntu.

(DETAIL: the output of 'go help build' did not include 'buildmode'.)
""")

    def build(self):
        try:
            sys.stderr.write('Running new build\n')
            build.build()
        except build.BuildException as e:
            sys.stderr.write('Could not build go_vncdriver: %s\n' % e)
            raise
        DistutilsBuild.run(self)

setup(name='go_vncdriver',
      version='0.4.19',
      cmdclass={'build': Build, 'build_ext': BuildExt},
      ext_modules=[Extension('go_vncdriver', [])],
      packages=['go_vncdriver'],
      package_dir={'go_vncdriver': '.'},
      package_data={'go_vncdriver': ['go_vncdriver.so']},
      setup_requires=['numpy'],
      install_requires=['numpy'],
)