Commit ce06e15e authored by Andrew Gerrand's avatar Andrew Gerrand

doc: make installation instructions more skim-friendly

R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5908052
parent 30440489
......@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ For information about installing <code>gccgo</code>, see
<a href="/doc/install/gccgo">Setting up and using gccgo</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="download">Obtaining the Go tools</h2>
<h2 id="download">Download the Go tools</h2>
<p>
Visit the
......@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ OS/arch combination you may want to try
<a href="/doc/install/gccgo">installing gccgo instead of gc</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="install">Installing the Go tools</h2>
<h2 id="install">Install the Go tools</h2>
<p>
The Go binary distributions assume they will be installed in
......@@ -84,15 +84,17 @@ rm -r /usr/local/go
</pre>
<p>
Extract the archive into <code>/usr/local</code>, creating a Go tree in
<code>/usr/local/go</code>:
Extract <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-FreeBSD+OR+OpSys-Linux">the archive</a>
into <code>/usr/local</code>, creating a Go tree in <code>/usr/local/go</code>:
</p>
<pre>
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go.release.go1.tar.gz
</pre>
<p>(Typically these commands must be run as root or through <code>sudo</code>.)</p>
<p>
(Typically these commands must be run as root or through <code>sudo</code>.)
</p>
<p>
Add <code>/usr/local/go/bin</code> to the <code>PATH</code> environment
......@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
<h3 id="osx">Mac OS X</h3>
<p>
Open the <code>.pkg</code> file and follow the prompts to install the Go tools.
Open the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Darwin">package file</a>
and follow the prompts to install the Go tools.
The package installs the Go distribution to <code>/usr/local/go</code>.
</p>
......@@ -129,7 +132,8 @@ and a zip archive that requires you to set some environment variables.
<h4 id="windows_msi">MSI installer</h3>
<p>
Open the <code>.msi</code> file and follow the prompts to install the Go tools.
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>
......@@ -142,8 +146,8 @@ command prompts for the change to take effect.
<h4 id="windows_zip">Zip archive</h3>
<p>
Extract the <code>.zip</code> file to the directory of your choice (we
suggest <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>
......@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ versions of Windows provide this control panel through the "Advanced System
Settings" option inside the "System" control panel.
</p>
<h2 id="testing">Testing your installation</h2>
<h2 id="testing">Test your installation</h2>
<p>
Check that Go is installed correctly by building a simple program, as follows.
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