README

This is the source code repository for the Go programming language.

For documentation about how to install and use Go, visit http://golang.org/ or load doc/install.html in your web browser.

After installing Go, you can view a nicely formatted doc/install.html by running godoc --http=:6060 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.

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Binary Distribution Notes

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.

For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might put the following in your .profile:

export GOROOT=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin

See doc/install.html for more details.