Commit 1581265c authored by Jeromy's avatar Jeromy

readme: add notes on building for uncommon systems

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeromy <why@ipfs.io>
parent 1eb94e64
......@@ -101,6 +101,23 @@ Then install `go-ipfs` and its dependencies, including `gx` and `gx-go`:
$ make install
```
#### Building on less common systems
If your operating system isn't officially supported, but you still want to try
building ipfs anyways (It should work fine in most cases). You can do the
following:
- install gx: `go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx`
- install gx-go: `go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go`
- fetch ipfs source: `go get -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs 2> /dev/null`
- enter source directory: `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs`
- install deps: `gx install`
- install ipfs: `go install ./cmd/ipfs`
Note: This process may break if gx or any of its dependencies break as `go get`
will always select the latest code for every dependency, often resulting in
mismatched APIs.
#### Troubleshooting
* Separate [instructions are available for building on Windows](docs/windows.md).
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