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Expand Up @@ -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](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/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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