github.com/letsencrypt/go@v0.0.0-20160714163537-4054769a31f6/README.md (about) 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 ![Gopher image](doc/gopher/fiveyears.jpg) 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 Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help! 16 17 To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: 18 https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html 19 20 ##### 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. 21 22 Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed 23 under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. 24 25 -- 26 27 ## Binary Distribution Notes 28 29 If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set 30 the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go 31 directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the 32 variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild 33 from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html). 34 You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin 35 to your shell's path. 36 37 For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might 38 put the following in your .profile: 39 40 export GOROOT=$HOME/go 41 export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin 42 43 See https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details.