Update readme to add go get instructions

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Zachary Yedidia 2016-04-18 08:10:22 -04:00
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### Building from source
Micro is made in Go so you must have Go installed on your system to build it, and make sure your `GOPATH` is set.
Micro is made in Go so you must have Go installed on your system to build it.
You can simply `go get` it, although if you want syntax highlighting and colors, you need to also install the runtime
files to `~/.micro`.
```
$ git clone https://github.com/zyedidia/micro
$ cd micro
$ make
go get -v -u github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro
mkdir $HOME/.micro && cp -r $GOPATH/src/github.com/zyedidia/micro/runtime/* $HOME/.micro/
```
This will build micro and put the binary in the current directory. It will also install syntax highlighting files to `~/.micro/syntax`.
Alternatively you can use `make install` instead of `make` if you want the binary to be added to you `GOBIN` (make sure that it is set).
### Clipboard support
Linux, Unix requires 'xclip' or 'xsel' command to be installed. For Ubuntu:
On Linux, clipboard support requires 'xclip' or 'xsel' command to be installed. For Ubuntu:
```
$ sudo aptitude install xclip
$ sudo apt-get install xclip
```
# Usage