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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): |
+If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set |
+the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go |
+directory (the one containing this README). You can omit the |
+variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild |
+from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install.html). |
+You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin |
+to your shell's path. |
- 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 extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might |
+put the following in your .profile: |
-For example, if you downloaded the tarball |
+ export GOROOT=$HOME/go |
+ export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin |
- 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 |
- |
- |
+See doc/install.html for more details. |