From 3c5af7e0d9a122e6dd75d441e89b0bd21035f2ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Schneider Werner-Walter Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:28:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README file. --- README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 6efc5cd8..50a29d30 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,22 +9,35 @@ assist in creating, testing and submitting metadata to the main repository. For documentation, please see the docs directory. -Alternatively, visit https://f-droid.org/manual/ +Alternatively, visit [https://f-droid.org/manual/](https://f-droid.org/manual/) Installing ---------- -The easiest way to install the fdroidserver tools is to use virtualenv and pip -(if you are Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/etc, you can first try installing using -`apt-get install fdroidserver`). First, make sure you have virtualenv -installed, it should be included in your OS's Python distribution or via other -mechanisms like dnf/yum/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts/Brew. Then here's how to -install: +The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint +or other Debian based distributions, you can install using: + + 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. + +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: + + apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv + +Then here's how to install: git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git cd fdroidserver virtualenv env/ - . env/bin/activate + source env/bin/activate pip install -e . python2 setup.py install