| # The Go Programming Language | |
| Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, | |
| reliable, and efficient software. | |
|  | |
| For documentation about how to install and use Go, | |
| visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html | |
| in your web browser. | |
| 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. | |
| Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help! | |
| To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: | |
| https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html | |
| ##### Note that we do not accept pull requests and that we use the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. Please ask questions on https://forum.golangbridge.org or https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-nuts. | |
| 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, you need to set | |
| the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go | |
| directory (the one containing this file). 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-source.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 https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details. |