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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* **Go:** `lnd` is written in Go. To install, run one of the following commands:
**Note**: The minimum version of Go supported is Go 1.10. We recommend that
**Note**: The minimum version of Go supported is Go 1.11. We recommend that
users use the latest version of Go, which at the time of writing is
[`1.11`](https://blog.golang.org/go1.11).
@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
```
sudo apt-get install golang-1.11-go
```
> Note that golang-1.10-go puts binaries in /usr/lib/go-1.10/bin. If you want them on your PATH, you need to make that change yourself. Alternatively, you can run:
> Note that golang-1.11-go puts binaries in /usr/lib/go-1.11/bin. If you want them on your PATH, you need to make that change yourself. Alternatively, you can run:
```
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/go-1.10/bin/go /usr/local/bin/go
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/go-1.11/bin/go /usr/local/bin/go
```
On Mac OS X:
@ -49,15 +49,12 @@
We recommend placing the above in your .bashrc or in a setup script so that
you can avoid typing this every time you open a new terminal window.
* **dep:** This project uses `dep` to manage dependencies as well
as to provide *reproducible builds*.
* **go modules:** This project uses [go modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules)
to manage dependencies as well as to provide *reproducible builds*.
**Note**: `dep` is automatically installed via the `make`. To fetch `dep`
manually, use the following command (assumes you already have Go properly
installed):
```
go get -u github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep
```
Usage of go modules (with go 1.11) means that you no longer need to clone
`lnd` into your `$GOPATH` for development purposes. Instead, your `lnd`
repo can now live anywhere!
### Installing lnd
@ -69,6 +66,10 @@ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
make && make install
```
**NOTE**: Our instructions still use the `$GOPATH` directory from prior
versions of Go, but with go 1.11, it's now possible for `lnd` to live
_anywhere_ on your file system.
For Windows WSL users, make will need to be referenced directly via
/usr/bin/make/, or alternatively by wrapping quotation marks around make,
like so:
@ -84,8 +85,7 @@ On FreeBSD, use gmake instead of make.
Alternatively, if one doesn't wish to use `make`, then the `go` commands can be
used directly:
```
dep ensure -v
go install -v ./...
GO111MODULE=on go install -v ./...
```
**Updating**
@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ used directly:
```
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
git pull
dep ensure -v
go install -v ./...
GO111MODULE=on go install -v ./...
```
**Tests**