1 # The Go Programming Language 2 3 Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, 4 reliable, and efficient software. 5 6  7 8 For documentation about how to install and use Go, 9 visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html 10 in your web browser. 11 12 Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. 13 There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go. 14 15 Please report issues here: https://golang.org/issue/new 16 17 Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help! 18 19 To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: 20 https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html 21 22 ##### Please note that we do not use pull requests. 23 24 Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed 25 under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. 26 27 -- 28 29 ## Binary Distribution Notes 30 31 If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set 32 the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go 33 directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the 34 variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild 35 from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html). 36 You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin 37 to your shell's path. 38 39 For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might 40 put the following in your .profile: 41 42 export GOROOT=$HOME/go 43 export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin 44 45 See https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details. 46
