Make clear that go install needs to be run in the cloned repo (#10866)

* `go install` in cloned repo

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* Removing cloning to gopath

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* Change wording

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@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ To build Prometheus from source code, You need:
* NodeJS [version 16 or greater](https://nodejs.org/).
* npm [version 7 or greater](https://www.npmjs.com/).
You can directly use the `go` tool to download and install the `prometheus`
Start by cloning the repository:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus.git
cd prometheus
```
You can use the `go` tool to build and install the `prometheus`
and `promtool` binaries into your `GOPATH`:
```bash
@ -79,14 +86,10 @@ React UI unless it has been built explicitly using `make assets` or `make build`
An example of the above configuration file can be found [here.](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/documentation/examples/prometheus.yml)
You can also clone the repository yourself and build using `make build`, which will compile in
the web assets so that Prometheus can be run from anywhere:
You can also build using `make build`, which will compile in the web assets so that
Prometheus can be run from anywhere:
```bash
mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/prometheus
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/prometheus
git clone https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus.git
cd prometheus
make build
./prometheus --config.file=your_config.yml
```