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| author | Emīls <emils@mullvad.net> | 2020-01-23 21:49:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Emīls Piņķis <emils@mullvad.net> | 2020-01-24 11:28:22 +0000 |
| commit | 3357d52a8da24f747d4c688e3b4f6df58742e11d (patch) | |
| tree | f6701c9d55d93cd1417685276058f9e5cc35f65d | |
| parent | 388f4d8811462524ad95cf685d6eaf915c6d5061 (diff) | |
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Add gcc to CGo requirements in README.md
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@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ The host has to have the following installed: - `bash` installed as well as a few base unix utilities, including `sed` and `tail`. The environment coming with [Git for Windows] works fine. +- `gcc` for CGo. [Git for Windows]: https://git-scm.com/download/win @@ -238,7 +239,9 @@ storePassword = keystore-password 1. Install Go (ideally version `1.13.6`) by following the [official instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install). Newer versions of Go may be used. Earlier versions may be used, but versions older than `1.12` are known to not work, newer versions may - too. + too. Since `cgo` is being used, make sure to have a C compiler in your path. [*On + Windows*](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/cgo#windows) `mingw`'s `gcc` compiler should work. + `gcc` on most Linux distributions should work, and `clang` for MacOS. ## Building and packaging the app |