From 146021aabff4269ce4f43a5c9f6a96c794389e9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Gerrand Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:00:59 +1000 Subject: misc/builder: support for uploading tarballs to googlecode R=rsc CC=golang-dev http://codereview.appspot.com/1784042 Committer: Andrew Gerrand --- README | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index e25bbdb8d..aa71c49e9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 + + -- cgit v1.2.1