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Posted to commits@mynewt.apache.org by ad...@apache.org on 2016/03/29 19:27:27 UTC
incubator-mynewt-site git commit: updated newt install instructions
for linux
Repository: incubator-mynewt-site
Updated Branches:
refs/heads/master b5efc829c -> 8a9c29dfc
updated newt install instructions for linux
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-mynewt-site/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-mynewt-site/commit/8a9c29df
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-mynewt-site/tree/8a9c29df
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-mynewt-site/diff/8a9c29df
Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 8a9c29dfc4a6019e6d9640bab4d6d77c4075c3ea
Parents: b5efc82
Author: aditihilbert <ad...@runtime.io>
Authored: Tue Mar 29 10:27:17 2016 -0700
Committer: aditihilbert <ad...@runtime.io>
Committed: Tue Mar 29 10:27:17 2016 -0700
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docs/newt/install/newt_linux.md | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-mynewt-site/blob/8a9c29df/docs/newt/install/newt_linux.md
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diff --git a/docs/newt/install/newt_linux.md b/docs/newt/install/newt_linux.md
index 351763c..dcc82a8 100644
--- a/docs/newt/install/newt_linux.md
+++ b/docs/newt/install/newt_linux.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<br>
-### Getting your Mac Ready
+### Getting your Linux box Ready
If you want to build the *newt* tool from its source code, follow the following steps:
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ If you want to build the *newt* tool from its source code, follow the following
<br>
* Next, install Go. When installed, Go offers you as a developer a language enviroment (to compile Go code), construct Go packages (to assemble Go packages) and import Go code (from github). In the next step, you will use the Go commands to import *newt* repo into your local Go environment.
-
+
+ **Note**: The Newt tool requires Go version 1.5 or later. It uses the support for "vendoring" that was added in Go 1.5. Depending on the Ubuntu version you have, the following may install an earlier version. In that case, download the latest package of Go 1.5 or 1.6 from [https://golang.org/dl/](https://golang.org/dl/). You can search for more detailed instructions such as installing Go 1.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 which can be found at [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-go-1-6-on-ubuntu-14-04](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-go-1-6-on-ubuntu-14-04).
+
```no-highlight
$ sudo apt-get install golang
```