File README.packaging of Package influxdb
The source tarball is obtained as the following: 1. Install govendor (skip, if already installed) # go get github.com/kardianos/govendor 2. Obtain influxdb source codes # mkdir ~/go/src/github.com/influxdata # cd ~/go/src/github.com/influxdata # git clone --branch v1.2.4 https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb.git influxdb-1.2.4 3. Obtain vendor dependencies # cd influxdb-1.2.4 # govendor migrate # govendor sync 4. Create archive # cd .. # tar -jcf influxdb-1.2.4.tar.bz2 --exclude-vcs influxdb-1.2.4