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diff --git a/doc/install/Debian.mdwn b/doc/install/Debian.mdwn index 90c9658a9..64cbf3241 100644 --- a/doc/install/Debian.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Debian.mdwn @@ -2,8 +2,23 @@ If using Debian testing or unstable: sudo apt-get install git-annex +## on Debian stable + git-annex is not yet in a Debian stable release, but the source -can be built from Debian stable. Just [[download]] it from git, and -then in the `git-annex` directory, run `dpkg-checkbuilddeps` and install -the necessary packages. You can also run `sudo debian/rules binary` to build +can be built from Debian stable. + +First, install build dependencies. Package names have changed since +Debian stable, so this must be done by hand, rather than by using +`dpkg-checkbuilddeps`: + + sudo apt-get install debhelper ghc6 libghc-missingh-dev \ + libghc6-pcre-light-dev libghc6-sha-dev \ + libghc6-dataenc-dev libghc6-utf8-string-dev \ + libghc6-testpack-dev + +Then [[download]] git-annex it from git. + +In the `git-annex` directory, run `sudo debian/rules binary` to build a `git-annex.deb`. + +Note that S3 support will not be available when building on stable. |