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 If you already have the Go environment and toolchain set up, you can get the latest version by running:
 ```
-go get github.com/FooSoft/vfs
+$ go get github.com/FooSoft/vfs
 ```
 Users of Debian-based distributions can use [godeb](https://github.com/niemeyer/godeb) to quickly install the Go
 compiler on their machines.