doc: remove last pieces of advice to set GOROOT

install.html still insisted that GOROOT must be set if a binary install
of Go is set up in a custom directory. However, since 1.10, this has
been unnecessary as the GOROOT will be found based on the location of
the 'go' binary being run.

Likewise, install-source.html includes an 'export GOROOT' line in a
section that only talks about explicitly setting GOARCH and GOOS, which
is optional. We don't want to have users think it is recommended to set
GOROOT here either, so remove the unnecessary line.

Change-Id: I7dfef09f9a1d003e0253b793d63ea40d5cf1837f
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/161758
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bonventre <andybons@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Daniel Martí <mvdan@mvdan.cc>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
2 files changed
tree: 612d3289275b512b8953873e2e524547f337e3a0
  1. .github/
  2. api/
  3. doc/
  4. lib/
  5. misc/
  6. src/
  7. test/
  8. .gitattributes
  9. .gitignore
  10. AUTHORS
  11. CONTRIBUTING.md
  12. CONTRIBUTORS
  13. favicon.ico
  14. LICENSE
  15. PATENTS
  16. README.md
  17. robots.txt
README.md

The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

Gopher image Gopher image by Renee French, licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Attributions license.

Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.

Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.

Download and Install

Binary Distributions

Official binary distributions are available at https://golang.org/dl/.

After downloading a binary release, visit https://golang.org/doc/install or load doc/install.html in your web browser for installation instructions.

Install From Source

If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of operating system and architecture, visit https://golang.org/doc/install/source or load doc/install-source.html in your web browser for source installation instructions.

Contributing

Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help!

To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html

Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. See https://golang.org/wiki/Questions for a list of places to ask questions about the Go language.