| # Introduction |
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| This is a companion to http://golang.org/doc/install/source providing additional instructions for various operating systems. |
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| ## Install C tools |
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| On OS X, a C compiler is bundled in the command line tools for |
| [Xcode](http://developer.apple.com/Xcode/), |
| and you don't need to install the whole Xcode to compile Go. |
| If you have already installed Xcode 4.3+, you can install command |
| line tools from the Components tab of the Downloads preferences panel. |
| In more recent versions of Xcode, you can use ` xcode-select --install ` |
| command to install the command line tools without opening Xcode. |
| To verify you have a working compiler, just invoke ` gcc ` |
| in a freshly created Terminal window, unless you see the |
| ` "gcc: command not found" ` error, you are ready to go. |
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| On Ubuntu/Debian, use ` sudo apt-get install gcc libc6-dev `. |
| If you want to build 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit system you'll also need the ` libc6-dev-i386 ` package. |
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| On RedHat/Centos 6, use ` sudo yum install gcc glibc-devel `. |
| If you want to build 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit system you'll need both |
| ` glibc-devel.i386 ` and ` glibc-devel.x86_64 ` packages. |
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| On Windows, install ` gcc ` with |
| [TDM-GCC](http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/). |
| (Make sure you add its ` bin ` subdirectory to your ` PATH `.) Go does not support the Cygwin toolchain. |
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| ## Easy build from source |
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| Use [dotsoftware](http://g14n.info/dotsoftware/) to build Go from source in few minutes, just copy and paste the following code in your terminal |
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| ``` |
| # get latest .software |
| cd |
| git clone https://github.com/fibo/.software.git |
| # source it in your profile and in current session |
| [ -f ~/.bash_profile ] && grep 'source ~/.software/etc/profile' ~/.bash_profile || echo 'source /.software/etc/profile' >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.software/etc/profile |
| # build Golang |
| .software_install Golang |
| # you are done! |
| ``` |
