From 7177bb32f88bdbcf1917c278f9170e69b403e5f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip O'Toole Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:01:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note re Go 1.3+ requirement --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d8d1a38d..0ce53789 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ rqlite [![Circle CI](https://circleci.com/gh/otoolep/rqlite/tree/master.svg?styl *rqlite* is a distributed system that provides a replicated SQLite database. rqlite is written in [Go](http://golang.org/) and uses [Raft](http://raftconsensus.github.io/) to achieve consensus across all the instances of the SQLite databases. rqlite ensures that every change made to the database is made to a majority of underlying SQLite files, or none-at-all. ## Building and Running +*Building rqlite requires Go 1.3 or later. [gvm](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm) is a great tool for managing your version of Go.* + Download, test (optional), and run rqlite like so (tested on 64-bit Kubuntu 14.04): mkdir rqlite # Or any directory of your choice.