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Kirill Smelkov
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Mar 27, 2012
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Andrew Gerrand
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doc: describe the Windows MSI installer as experimental
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https://golang.org/cl/5921043
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<p>
The Go project provides two installation options for Windows users
(besides
<a
href=
"/doc/install/source"
>
installing from source
</a>
):
a
n MSI installer that configures your installation automatically,
and a zip archive that requires you to set some environment variables
.
a
zip archive that requires you to set some environment variables and an
experimental MSI installer that configures your installation automatically
.
</p>
<h4
id=
"windows_
msi"
>
MSI installer
</h3>
<h4
id=
"windows_
zip"
>
Zip archive
</h3>
<p>
Open the
<a
href=
"http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DInstaller"
>
MSI file
</a>
and follow the prompts to install the Go tools.
By default, the installer puts the Go distribution in
<code>
c:\Go
</code>
.
Extract the
<a
href=
"http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DArchive"
>
zip file
</a>
to the directory of your choice (we suggest
<code>
c:\Go
</code>
).
</p>
<p>
The installer should put the
<code>
c:\Go\bin
</code>
directory in your
<code>
PATH
</code>
environment variable. You may need to restart any open
command prompts for the change to take effect.
If you chose a directory other than
<code>
c:\Go
</code>
, you must set
the
<code>
GOROOT
</code>
environment variable to your chosen path.
</p>
<h4
id=
"windows_zip"
>
Zip archive
</h3>
<p>
Extract the
<a
href=
"http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DArchive"
>
ZIP file
</a>
to the directory of your choice (we suggest
<code>
c:\Go
</code>
).
Add the
<code>
bin
</code>
subdirectory of your Go root (for example,
<code>
c:\Go\bin
</code>
) to to your
<code>
PATH
</code>
environment variable.
</p>
<h4
id=
"windows_msi"
>
MSI installer (experimental)
</h3>
<p>
If you chose a directory other than
<code>
c:\Go
</code>
, you must set
the
<code>
GOROOT
</code>
environment variable to your chosen path.
Open the
<a
href=
"http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DInstaller"
>
MSI file
</a>
and follow the prompts to install the Go tools.
By default, the installer puts the Go distribution in
<code>
c:\Go
</code>
.
</p>
<p>
Add the
<code>
bin
</code>
subdirectory of your Go root (for example,
<code>
c:\Go\bin
</code>
) to to your
<code>
PATH
</code>
environment variable.
The installer should put the
<code>
c:\Go\bin
</code>
directory in your
<code>
PATH
</code>
environment variable. You may need to restart any open
command prompts for the change to take effect.
</p>
<h4
id=
"windows_env"
>
Setting environment variables under Windows
</h4>
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