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Merge pull request #2396 from ipfs/fix/readme-instructions

some fixes to the readme install instructions
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Jeromy Johnson
2016-02-23 17:54:48 -08:00

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@ -46,17 +46,12 @@ The canonical download instructions for IPFS are over at: http://ipfs.io/docs/in
### Install prebuilt packages ### Install prebuilt packages
We use [gobuilder.me](https://gobuilder.me), a great service that automatically builds a release on every commit. We host prebuilt binaries over at our [distributions page](https://dist.ipfs.io#go-ipfs).
You can see the latest builds for your platform at these links:
- [`release` - the last released version](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs?branch=release) **<-- recommended**
- [`master` - development, stable](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs?branch=master)
From there: From there:
- Click "Download" on the build for your platform. - Click the blue "Download go-ipfs" on the right side of the page.
- Open/extract the archive. - Open/extract the archive.
- Move `ipfs` to your path (`install.sh` can do it for you), - Move `ipfs` to your path (`install.sh` can do it for you).
### Build from Source ### Build from Source
@ -79,7 +74,7 @@ You can try using package manager, but gx and gx-go are unlikely to be available
#### Download + Compile IPFS #### Download + Compile IPFS
Then: Simply run:
``` ```
$ go get -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs $ go get -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
@ -87,19 +82,12 @@ $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
$ make install $ make install
``` ```
Tip:
If the `make install` hangs while fetching dependencies and if you are
running a daemon locally, ensure that it is on at least version 0.4.0-dev. If
you don't have a build that is new enough, run the `make install` with your
daemon turned off and the deps will be fetched through the ipfs.io gateways.
NOTES: NOTES:
* `git` is required in order for `go get` to fetch * `git` is required in order for `go get` to fetch
all dependencies. all dependencies.
* Package managers often contain out-of-date `golang` packages. * Package managers often contain out-of-date `golang` packages.
Compilation from source is recommended. Ensure that `go version` reports at least 1.5.2. See above for how to install go.
* If you are interested in development, please install the development * If you are interested in development, please install the development
dependencies as well. dependencies as well.
* *WARNING: Older versions of OSX FUSE (for Mac OS X) can cause kernel panics when mounting!* * *WARNING: Older versions of OSX FUSE (for Mac OS X) can cause kernel panics when mounting!*