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-This is Go Tour, an introduction to the Go programming language.
-
-To install the tour locally, first install Go, then run:
-
-	$ go get golang.org/x/tour/gotour
-	$ cd $GOPATH/bin
-	$ ./gotour
-
-Unless otherwise noted, the go-tour source files are distributed
-under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
-
-Contributions should follow the same procedure as for the Go project:
-http://golang.org/doc/contribute.html
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+A Tour of Go is an introduction to the Go programming language.
+
+The easiest way to install the tour locally is to install
+[a binary release of Go](https://golang.org/dl/) and then run:
+
+	$ go tool tour
+
+To install the tour from source, first 
+[set up a workspace](https://golang.org/doc/code.html) and then run:
+
+	$ go get golang.org/x/tour/gotour
+
+This will place a `gotour` binary in your workspace's `bin` directory.
+
+Unless otherwise noted, the go-tour source files are distributed
+under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
+
+Contributions should follow the same procedure as for the Go project:
+http://golang.org/doc/contribute.html