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@@ -9,3 +9,38 @@ and then visiting http://localhost:6060/doc/install.html. Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. + +-- + +Binary Distribution Notes + +If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, then there are some +environment variables you'll need to set in your .profile (or equivalent): + + GOOS should be set to your operating system (eg, linux), + GOARCH should be your processor architecture (eg, amd64), + GOROOT should be the directory you extracted the tarball to, + GOBIN should point to $GOROOT/bin. + +For example, if you downloaded the tarball + + go.release.YYYY-MM-DD.linux-amd64.tar.gz + +and extracted it to + + /home/username/go + +you would set the following variables: + + export GOOS=linux + export GOARCH=amd64 + export GOROOT=/home/username/go + export GOBIN=$GOROOT/bin + +See doc/install.html for more detail about these flags. + +Additionally, $GOROOT should be in your $PATH: + + export PATH=PATH:$GOROOT + + |