From 45ffaac3f29e4282ce91d5354378539549c4267f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Christoph Steiner Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:23:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update install instructions in README --- README | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 50a29d30..83f6af26 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,16 +18,36 @@ Installing The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint or other Debian based distributions, you can install using: + sudo apt-get install fdroidserver + +For older Ubuntu releases or to get the latest version, you can get +`fdroidserver` from the Guardian Project PPA (the signing key +fingerprint is `6B80 A842 07B3 0AC9 DEE2 35FE F50E ADDD 2234 F563`) + sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install fdroidserver -But you can also use `virtualenv` and `pip` python tools that also work on other -distributions. +On OSX, `fdroidserver` is available from third party package managers, +like Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fink: -First, make sure you have installed the python header files, virtualenv and pip. -They should be included in your OS's default package manager or you can install -them via other mechanisms like Brew/dnf/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts. + sudo brew install fdroidserver + +For any platform where Python's `easy_install` is an option (e.g. OSX +or Cygwin, you can use it: + + sudo easy_install fdroidserver + +Python's `pip` also works: + + sudo pip install fdroidserver + +The combination of `virtualenv` and `pip` is great for testing out the +latest versions of `fdroidserver`. Using `pip`, `fdroidserver` can +even be installed straight from git. First, make sure you have +installed the python header files, virtualenv and pip. They should be +included in your OS's default package manager or you can install them +via other mechanisms like Brew/dnf/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts. For Debian based distributions: