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@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ and validate that they are correctly configured to run on your machine.
 - **Git**
 - **`make` (for running Makefiles)**
 - **Go 19+**
+- **Go Environment Setup**:
+  - Make sure `$GOPATH` is well-defined, and `$GOPATH/bin` is added to your `$PATH` variable.
+  - To do this, you can add the following line to your `.bashrc`, `.zshrc` or other config file:
+```
+export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
+```
 
 ## 1. Cloning the repository