Commit 5e0b8b78bda53d5e0f39370f35425fed64fe8d5d

Authored by Matti Virkkunen
1 parent 2231a24a

Clarify Debian/Ubuntu source build instructions.

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README.md
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23 23  
24 24 deb http://debian.altrepo.eu/ code_name main
25 25  
26   -The code name is wriiten in
  26 +Replace code_name with your distribution specific codename. The codenames are listed in the
27 27 [debian.altrepo.eu wiki](/git/debian.altrepo.eu/wikis/home#note).
28 28 In order to validate package signatures you need to add
29 29 [this public key](http://debian.altrepo.eu/altrepo_eu.pub) to the APT key list. It can be done
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40 40 Install from source (Ubuntu/Debian)
41 41 -----------------------------------
42 42  
43   -apt-build enables you to install from source easily.
44   -You need to add source entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.
  43 +apt-build enables you to install from source easily. You need to add a source entry to
  44 +/etc/apt/sources.list. Run the following commands as root to install from source:
45 45  
46   - sudo apt-get install apt-build
47   - echo 'deb-src http://debian.altrepo.eu/ code_name main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
48   - sudo apt-build install purple-line
49   -
  46 + apt-get install apt-build
  47 + echo "deb-src http://debian.altrepo.eu/ code_name main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  48 + echo "deb http://debian.altrepo.eu/ code_name main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  49 + apt-get update
  50 + apt-build -y install purple-line
50 51  
51   -Note that apt-build is not official apt family.
52   -If you install via source, your purple-line version is
53   -up to date with git repository.So, make sure that the installation via source is not tested.
54   -Compile will fail if build dependencies are not correctly set.
  52 +Note that apt-build is not an official APT family program. If you install via source, your
  53 +purple-line version will be up to date with the git repository. Note that the current git version
  54 +may not have been tested on Ubuntu/Debian. The package will install known build dependencies, but if
  55 +the git version requires new dependencies, compilation will fail.
55 56  
56 57 Install from source (Arch Linux)
57 58 --------------------------------
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