XP上的Golang GAE SDK：是否必须安装？ 还有其他在XP上使用SDK的方法吗？

Question

The introduction says:

Follow the instructions on the download page to install the SDK on your computer.

But the download page has no any instructions about how to install and what to do next. Only links.

All I found is this link to WindowsInstallation:

Download and run the latest Windows installer from our downloads page

Must Windows XP users use the installer? Can they just download the Linux version and unzip it? I'd like to have a portable version rather than one that installs EXEs and registry settings, etc.

Also I do not understand what exactly do I have to choose. There are:

1. Google App Engine SDK 1.7.7 (.msi file)
2. Google App Engine SDK for Go 1.7.7 (.zip file)

I've downloaded the second. Do I need to download and install the first too? Just adding the second to the PATH and develop is exactly what I want. Is this enough?

Answer 1

The Linux version will have executables compiled for Linux, so you can't run those on Windows (unless you run linux under a virtual machine with VirtualBox, VMWare or similar).