Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple,
reliable, and efficient software.
-
-
-For documentation about how to install and use Go,
-visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html
-in your web browser.
+
+*Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 4.0 Attributions license][cc4-by].*
Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go.
-(There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.)
+There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.
-Please report issues here: https://golang.org/issue/new
+Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the
+BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
-Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help!
+### Download and Install
-To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines:
- https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html
+#### Binary Distributions
-##### Please note that we do not use pull requests.
+Official binary distributions are available at https://go.dev/dl/.
-Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed
-under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
+After downloading a binary release, visit https://go.dev/doc/install
+for installation instructions.
---
+#### Install From Source
-## Binary Distribution Notes
+If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of
+operating system and architecture, visit
+https://go.dev/doc/install/source
+for source installation instructions.
-If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set
-the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go
-directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the
-variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild
-from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html).
-You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin
-to your shell's path.
+### Contributing
-For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might
-put the following in your .profile:
+Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help!
- export GOROOT=$HOME/go
- export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
+To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute.
-See https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details.
+Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and
+proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of
+places to ask questions about the Go language.
+[rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/
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