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improve linux standalone bundle instuctions, mentioning the PATH setup option

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doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn
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[download tarball](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/)
To use, just unpack the tarball, `cd git-annex.linux` and run `./runshell`
-- this sets up an environment where you can use `git annex`
-- this sets up an environment where you can use `git annex`, as well
as everything else included in the bundle.
Alternatively, you can unpack the tarball, and add the directory to your
`PATH`. This lets you use `git annex`, without overriding your system's
own versions of git, etc.
Warning: This is a last resort. Most Linux users should instead
[[install]] git-annex from their distribution of choice.

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standalone/linux/README
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To start the git-annex webapp, run the git-annex-webapp script in this
directory.
You can put this directory into your PATH, and use git-annex the same
as if you'd installed it using a package manager.
To enter an environment with git-annex in PATH, use runshell
Or, you can use the runshell script in this directory to start a shell
that is configured to use git-annex and the other utilities included in
this bundle, including git, gpg, rsync, ssh, etc.
This should work on any Linux system of the appropriate architecture.
More or less. There are no external dependencies, except for glibc.
Any recent-ish version of glibc should work (2.13 is ok; so is 2.11).
How it works: This directory contains a lot of libraries and programs
that git-annex needs. But it's not a chroot. Instead, runshell sets
PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the stuff in this directory.
How it works: This directory tree contains a lot of libraries and programs
that git-annex needs. But it's not a chroot. Instead, runshell sets PATH
and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the stuff in here.
The glibc libs are not included. Instead, it runs with the host system's
glibc. We trust that glibc's excellent backwards and forward compatability