From a70db393c6d891898a1717627ef105e60b1a2897 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muneeb Ali <muneeb@ali.vc>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:58:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7dde9832..97368a51d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ Please put all issues regarding go IPFS _implementation_ in [this repo](https://
 
 ## Install
 
-[Install Go 1.4+](http://golang.org/doc/install). Then simply:
+[Download Go 1.4+](https://golang.org/dl/). 
+
+Setup PATH environment variable e.g., by adding these lines to your /etc/profile (for a system-wide installation) or $HOME/.profile:
+```
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
+export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
+```
+
+Then simply:
 
 ```
 go get -u github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs