From 79b8f0014b95008ba9170b314a16720db39998c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler Tidman Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 11:06:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add a few build setup instructions to the readme --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fa23df693..7285fe6d4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ as a compilation tool on top of Go: $ go get -u github.com/mitchellh/gox -Next, clone this repository into `$GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer`. +Next, clone this repository into `$GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer`: + + $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh + $ git clone https://github.com/mitchellh/packer.git + $ cd packer + Install the necessary dependencies by running `make updatedeps` and then just type `make`. This will compile some more dependencies and then run the tests. If this exits with exit status 0, then everything is working!