Merge pull request #3142 from stanley-cheung/update_debian_source_instruction

Update debian source instruction

4 files changed, 18 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/src/node/README.md b/src/node/README.md
index b6411537c7..c96bc96642 100644
--- a/src/node/README.md
+++ b/src/node/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Alpha : Ready for early adopters
 
 **Linux (Debian):**
 
-Add [Debian unstable][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
+Add [Debian testing][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
 
 ```sh
-echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free" | \
+echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free" | \
 sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 ```
 
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ An object with factory methods for creating credential objects for servers.
 
 [homebrew]:http://brew.sh
 [gRPC install script]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install
-[Debian unstable]:https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/
+[Debian testing]:https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/
diff --git a/src/php/README.md b/src/php/README.md
index f432935fde..afa09d79a1 100644
--- a/src/php/README.md
+++ b/src/php/README.md
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ $ sudo php -d detect_unicode=0 go-pear.phar
 
 **Linux (Debian):**
 
-Add [Debian unstable][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
+Add [Debian testing][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
 
 ```sh
-echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free" | \
+echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free" | \
 sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 ```
 
@@ -73,29 +73,24 @@ This will download and run the [gRPC install script][] and compile the gRPC PHP
 
 Clone this repository
 
-```
+```sh
 $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
 ```
 
-Build and install the Protocol Buffers compiler (protoc)
+Build and install the gRPC C core libraries
 
-```
+```sh
 $ cd grpc
 $ git pull --recurse-submodules && git submodule update --init --recursive
-$ cd third_party/protobuf
-$ ./autogen.sh
-$ ./configure
 $ make
-$ make check
 $ sudo make install
 ```
 
-Build and install the gRPC C core libraries
+Note: you may encounter a warning about the Protobuf compiler `protoc` 3.0.0+ not being installed. The following might help, and will be useful later on when we need to compile the `protoc-gen-php` tool.
 
 ```sh
-$ cd grpc
-$ make
-$ sudo make install
+$ cd grpc/third_party/protobuf
+$ sudo make install   # 'make' should have been run by core grpc
 ```
 
 Install the gRPC PHP extension
@@ -172,4 +167,4 @@ $ ./bin/run_gen_code_test.sh
 [homebrew]:http://brew.sh
 [gRPC install script]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install
 [Node]:https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/src/node/examples
-[Debian unstable]:https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/
+[Debian testing]:https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/
diff --git a/src/python/README.md b/src/python/README.md
index affce64884..a21deb33ef 100644
--- a/src/python/README.md
+++ b/src/python/README.md
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ INSTALLATION
 
 **Linux (Debian):**
 
-Add [Debian unstable][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
+Add [Debian testing][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
 
 ```sh
-echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free" | \
+echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free" | \
 sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 ```
 
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ $ ../../tools/distrib/python/submit.py
 [gRPC install script]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install
 [Quick Start]:http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/basic/python.html
 [detailed example]:http://www.grpc.io/docs/installation/python.html
-[Debian unstable]:https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/
+[Debian testing]:https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/
diff --git a/src/ruby/README.md b/src/ruby/README.md
index f8902e34c5..7f75c0e313 100644
--- a/src/ruby/README.md
+++ b/src/ruby/README.md
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ INSTALLATION
 
 **Linux (Debian):**
 
-Add [Debian unstable][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
+Add [Debian testing][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
 
 ```sh
-echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free" | \
+echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free" | \
 sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 ```
 
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ Directory structure is the layout for [ruby extensions][]
 [ruby extensions]:http://guides.rubygems.org/gems-with-extensions/
 [rubydoc]: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/grpc
 [grpc.io]: http://www.grpc.io/docs/installation/ruby.html
-[Debian unstable]:https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/
+[Debian testing]:https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/