From 96434881069d4a285a7b356ffcf2300570a48358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://alerque.com/" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:14:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update notes on install methods --- doc/install/ArchLinux.mdwn | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/install/ArchLinux.mdwn b/doc/install/ArchLinux.mdwn index 3dd7271c44..43b7d132e7 100644 --- a/doc/install/ArchLinux.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/ArchLinux.mdwn @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -There are three non non-official packages for git-annex in the Archlinux User Repository. Any of these may be installed manually per [AUR guidelines](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines#Installing_packages) or using a wrapper such as [`yaourt`](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/yaourt) shown below. +There are four non non-official packages for git-annex in the Arch Linux User Repository. Any of these may be installed manually per [AUR guidelines](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines#Installing_packages) or using a wrapper such as [`yaourt`](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/yaourt) shown below. 1. The simplest method is to use the [git-annex-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/git-annex-bin/) package based on the [prebuilt Linux tarballs](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/). This package includes many of the binary shims from the pre-built package. Although common Linux system utilities have been stripped in favor of normal dependencies, the pre-configured Haskell libraries included out of the box make this an easy install. The disadvantage is the resulting installation is a bit on the heavy side at nearly 100M. $ yaourt -Sy git-annex-bin -2. A more traditional source package is available at [git-annex](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/git-annex/). This depends on a large number of Haskell packages available from a third party repository or through Cabal. This has been historically a bit problematic and the package frequently sits flagged out of date. The state of dependencies also varies, so some intervention may be required to get this option to work. +2. A more traditional source package is available at [git-annex](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/git-annex/). This depends on a large number of Haskell packages available from a third party repository or through Cabal. You must either enable a 3rd party repo that has the dependencies or have a working Cabal installation. Unless you know what you are doing this is a bit problematic and some intervention may be required to get this option to work. The state of available dependency versions also varies so this may not work at all times. $ yaourt -Sy git-annex @@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ There are three non non-official packages for git-annex in the Archlinux User Re $ yaourt -Sy git-annex-git -Finally you may choose to forgo the Archlinux package system and install git-annex directly through cabal. +4. A Cabal sandbox build is also available + + $ yaourt -Sy git-annex-cabal + +Finally you may choose to forgo the Arch Linux package system entirely and install git-annex directly through cabal. $ pacman -S git rsync curl wget gnupg openssh cabal-install $ cabal update