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+### Install Golang
+
+If you do not have a working Golang environment setup please follow [Golang Installation Guide](./INSTALLGO.md).
+
 ### Setup your Minio Github Repository
 Fork [Minio upstream](https://github.com/minio/minio/fork) source repository to your own personal repository. Copy the URL and pass it to ``go get`` command. Go uses git to clone a copy into your project workspace folder.
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