From c1c33b4e2285a50014a8d0738aa32cddcac7e8f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Pearkes Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:31:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] readme: add a note about the gox dependency for compiling I thought about putting it in compile.sh or devcompile.sh, but then I realized if gox changes upstream it will be buried and potentially confusing to update. Hence including the `-u` in the readme for `go get`. --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 35bff5b79..6854077ad 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ For some additional dependencies, Go needs [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic. to be installed. Packer itself doesn't require this but a dependency of a dependency does. +You'll also need [`gox`](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer) +to compile packer. You can install that with: + +``` +$ go get -u github.com/mitchellh/gox +``` + Next, clone this repository into `$GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer` and then just type `make`. In a few moments, you'll have a working `packer` executable: