Commit ab708e35 authored by Shenghou Ma's avatar Shenghou Ma Committed by Andrew Gerrand

doc/install: document minimum system requirements

        Partly copied from CL 5685076.

R=golang-dev, adg, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6112064
parent 6f6bbdf9
......@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@ For information about installing <code>gccgo</code>, see
<a href="/doc/install/gccgo">Setting up and using gccgo</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="requirements">System requirements</h2>
<p>
The <code>gc</code> compiler supports the following operating systems and
architectures. Please ensure your system meets these requirements before
proceeding. If your OS or architecture is not on the list, it's possible that
<code>gccgo</code> might support your setup; see
<a href="/doc/install/gccgo">Setting up and using gccgo</a> for details.
</p>
<table class="codetable" frame="border" summary="requirements">
<tr>
<th align="middle">Operating system</th>
<th align="middle">Architectures</th>
<th align="middle">Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="3"><hr></td></tr>
<tr><td>FreeBSD 7 or later</td> <td>amd64, 386</td> <td>Debian GNU/kFreeBSD not supported</td></tr>
<tr><td>Linux 2.6.23 or later with glibc</td> <td>amd64, 386, arm</td> <td>CentOS/RHEL 5.x not supported; no binary distribution for ARM yet</tr>
<tr><td>Mac OS X 10.6/10.7</td> <td>amd64, 386</td> <td>use the gcc<sup>&#8224;</sup> that comes with Xcode</td></tr>
<tr><td>Windows 2000 or later</td> <td>amd64, 386</td> <td>use mingw gcc<sup>&#8224;</sup>; cygwin or msys is not needed</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
<sup>&#8224;</sup><code>gcc</code> is required only if you plan to use <a href="/cmd/cgo">cgo</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="download">Download the Go tools</h2>
<p>
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