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doc: update install docs for Windows and Go 1, add golang-announce to /project
R=golang-dev, bradfitz, r, rsc CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/5758044
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Go is distributed under a <a href="/LICENSE">BSD-style license</a>.
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</p>
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<h3 id="announce"><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">Announcements Mailing List</a></h3>
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<p>
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A low traffic mailing list for important announcements, such as new releases.
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</p>
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<p>
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We encourage all Go users to subscribe to
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<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>.
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</p>
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<h2 id="resources">Developer Resources</h2>
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<h3 id="source"><a href="https://code.google.com/p/go/source">Source Code</a></h3>
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</p>
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<p>
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<font color="red">TODO: add Windows compiler info</font>
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On Windows, install <code>gcc</code> with
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<a href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a>.
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(Make sure you add its <code>bin</code> subdirectory to your <code>PATH</code>.)
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</p>
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<h2 id="mercurial">Install Mercurial, if needed</h2>
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<p>
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To perform the next step you must have Mercurial installed. (Check that you
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have an <code>hg</code> command.) This suffices to install Mercurial on most
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systems:
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Unix systems:
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</p>
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<pre>
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</pre>
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<p>
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On Ubuntu/Debian,
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the Mercurial in your distribution's
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On Ubuntu/Debian, the Mercurial in your distribution's
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package repository is most likely old and broken.
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You might try this first:
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</p>
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@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ You might try this first:
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<pre>apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential</pre>
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<p>
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If that fails, try installing manually from the
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If that fails, or if you use Windows, install manually from the
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<a href="http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Download">Mercurial Download</a>
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page.
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</p>
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<h2 id="releases">Keeping up with releases</h2>
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<p>
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XXX TODO XXX
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</p>
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<p>
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The Go project maintains two stable tags in its Mercurial repository:
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<code>release</code> and <code>weekly</code>.
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The <code>weekly</code> tag is updated about once a week, and should be used by
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those who want to track the project's development.
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The <code>release</code> tag is given, less often, to those weekly releases
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that have proven themselves to be robust.
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</p>
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<p>
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Most Go users will want to keep their Go installation at the latest
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<code>release</code> tag.
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New releases are announced on the
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The <code>release</code> tag refers to the current stable release of Go.
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Most Go users should use this version. New releases are announced on the
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<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>
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mailing list.
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</p>
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</pre>
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<p>
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The <code>weekly</code> tag is updated about once a week, and should be used
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only by those who are actively working on the Go core.
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To use the <code>weekly</code> tag run <code>hg update weekly</code> instead.
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</p>
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to override the defaults.
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</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>
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<code>$GOROOT</code>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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XXX FONT IS WRONG IN THESE ENTRIES XXX
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XXX I NEED SOME SPAN THING XXX
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The root of the Go tree, often <code>$HOME/go</code>.
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Its value is built into the tree when it is compiled, and
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defaults to the parent of the directory where <code>all.bash</code> was run.
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There is no need to set this unless you want to switch between multiple
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local copies of the repository.
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</p>
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</dd>
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<blockquote>
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<dt>
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<code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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The value assumed by installed binaries and scripts when
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<code>$GOROOT</code> is not set explicitly.
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It defaults to the value of <code>$GOROOT</code>.
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If you want to build the Go tree in one location
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but move it elsewhere after the build, set
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<code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code> to the eventual location.
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</p>
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</dd>
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<p><code>$GOROOT</code></p>
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<p>
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The root of the Go tree, often <code>$HOME/go</code>.
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Its value is built into the tree when it is compiled, and
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defaults to the parent of the directory where <code>all.bash</code> was run.
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There is no need to set this unless you want to switch between multiple
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local copies of the repository.
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</p>
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<dt>
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<code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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The name of the target operating system and compilation architecture.
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These default to the values of <code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and
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<code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> respectively (described below).
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<p><code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code></p>
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<p>
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The value assumed by installed binaries and scripts when
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<code>$GOROOT</code> is not set explicitly.
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It defaults to the value of <code>$GOROOT</code>.
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If you want to build the Go tree in one location
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but move it elsewhere after the build, set
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<code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code> to the eventual location.
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</p>
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<p>
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Choices for <code>$GOOS</code> are
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<code>darwin</code> (Mac OS X 10.5 and above), <code>freebsd</code>,
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<code>linux</code>, <code>netbsd</code>, <code>openbsd</code>,
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<code>plan9</code>, and <code>windows</code>.
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Choices for <code>$GOARCH</code> are
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<code>amd64</code> (64-bit x86, the most mature port),
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<code>386</code> (32-bit x86), and <code>arm</code> (32-bit ARM).
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The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
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<table cellpadding="0">
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<tr>
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<th width="50"><th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOOS</code></th> <th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOARCH</code></th> <th align="left"></th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>darwin</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>darwin</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>freebsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>freebsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>arm</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>netbsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>netbsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>openbsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>openbsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>plan9</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>windows</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>windows</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</dd>
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<p><code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code></p>
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<p>
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The name of the target operating system and compilation architecture.
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These default to the values of <code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and
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<code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> respectively (described below).
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<dt>
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<code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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The name of the host operating system and compilation architecture.
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These default to the local system's operating system and
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architecture.
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<p>
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Choices for <code>$GOOS</code> are
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<code>darwin</code> (Mac OS X 10.5 and above), <code>freebsd</code>,
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<code>linux</code>, <code>netbsd</code>, <code>openbsd</code>,
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<code>plan9</code>, and <code>windows</code>.
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Choices for <code>$GOARCH</code> are
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<code>amd64</code> (64-bit x86, the most mature port),
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<code>386</code> (32-bit x86), and <code>arm</code> (32-bit ARM).
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The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
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<table cellpadding="0">
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<tr>
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<th width="50"><th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOOS</code></th> <th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOARCH</code></th> <th align="left"></th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>darwin</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>darwin</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>freebsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>freebsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>arm</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>netbsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>netbsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>openbsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>openbsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>plan9</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>windows</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td></td><td><code>windows</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
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</table>
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<p>
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Valid choices are the same as for <code>$GOOS</code> and
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<code>$GOARCH</code>, listed above.
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The specified values must be compatible with the local system.
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For example, you should not set <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> to
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<code>arm</code> on an x86 system.
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</dd>
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<p><code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code></p>
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<p>
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The name of the host operating system and compilation architecture.
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These default to the local system's operating system and
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architecture.
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</p>
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<dt>
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<code>$GOBIN</code>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>
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The location where binaries from the main repository will be installed.
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XXX THIS MAY CHANGE TO BE AN OVERRIDE EVEN FOR GOPATH ENTRIES XXX
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The default is <code>$GOROOT/bin</code>.
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After installing, you will want to arrange to add this
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directory to your <code>$PATH</code>, so you can use the tools.
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</dd>
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<p>
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Valid choices are the same as for <code>$GOOS</code> and
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<code>$GOARCH</code>, listed above.
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The specified values must be compatible with the local system.
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For example, you should not set <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> to
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<code>arm</code> on an x86 system.
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</p>
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<code>$GOARM</code> (arm, default=6)
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<dd>
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<p>
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The ARM architecture version the run-time libraries should target.
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</dd>
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The location where binaries from the main repository will be installed.
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After installing, you will want to arrange to add this
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<p><code>$GOARM</code> (arm, default=6)</p>
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The ARM architecture version the run-time libraries should target.
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Setting <code>$GOARM</code> to 5 causes the linker to emit calls
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to a software floating point implementation instead of using
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</p>
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Note that <code>$GOARCH</code> and <code>$GOOS</code> identify the
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Open the <code>.msi</code> file and follow the prompts to install the Go tools.
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By default, the installer puts the Go distribution in <code>c:\Go</code>.
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<p>
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The installer should put the <code>c:\Go\bin</code> directory in your
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</p>
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<h2 id="testing">Testing your installation</h2>
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For the full story, consult Go's extensive
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For the full story, consult Go's extensive <a href="/doc/">documentation</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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Subscribe to the
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<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>
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