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-source.html

in your web browser.

After installing Go, you can view a nicely formatted

doc/install-source.html by running godoc --http=:6060

and then visiting http://localhost:6060/doc/install/source.

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.