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author | Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org> | 2010-07-30 14:00:59 +1000 |
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committer | Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org> | 2010-07-30 14:00:59 +1000 |
commit | 146021aabff4269ce4f43a5c9f6a96c794389e9a (patch) | |
tree | 4d3094c63be126274e2995ab028b0f0cdad45cf3 /README | |
parent | 086f8fd7ca3dd05e5a2df208ddf301652843a0d3 (diff) | |
download | go-146021aabff4269ce4f43a5c9f6a96c794389e9a.tar.gz |
misc/builder: support for uploading tarballs to googlecode
R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
http://codereview.appspot.com/1784042
Committer: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
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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 + + |