Commit 3b67e9c2 authored by Andrew Gerrand's avatar Andrew Gerrand

doc: update pre-requisites for bootstrapping

Change-Id: Id86994c8692e29f9d073b6322733ce9219887dc3
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/4520
Run-TryBot: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarRob Pike <r@golang.org>
parent b3be360f
......@@ -77,12 +77,25 @@ The full set of supported combinations is listed in the discussion of
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<h2 id="ctools">Install C tools, if needed</h2>
<h2 id="go14">Install Go compiler binaries</h2>
<p>
The Go tool chain is written in C. To build it, you need a C compiler installed.
Please refer to the <a href="//golang.org/wiki/InstallFromSource#install-c-tools">InstallFromSource</a>
page on the Go community Wiki for operating system specific instructions.
The Go tool chain is written in Go. To build it, you need a Go compiler installed.
The scripts that do the initial build of the tools look for an existing Go tool
chain in <code>$HOME/go1.4</code>.
(This path may be overridden by setting the <code>GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP</code>
environment variable.)
</p>
<p>
Build the tools with Go version 1.4 or a point release (1.4.1, 1.4.2 etc.).
Go 1.4 binaries can be found at <a href="/dl/">the downloads page</a>.
</p>
<p>
Download the zip or tarball of Go 1.4 for your platform and extract it to
<code>$HOME/go1.4</code> (or your nominated <code>GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP</code>
location).
</p>
<h2 id="git">Install Git, if needed</h2>
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