From: Remington Steed Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:58:33 +0000 (-0500) Subject: LP#1382038: Add instructions for implied download/unpack step X-Git-Tag: osrf_rel_2_5_0-alpha~8 X-Git-Url: http://git.equinoxoli.org/?p=opensrf-equinox.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd06277c3972437e676f51744749009c0d7eeb60 LP#1382038: Add instructions for implied download/unpack step Occasionally, new users have complained that the installation instructions making too many assumptions about what a user knows. This commit explicitly instructs users in downloading the source tarball, unpacking it, and changing the working directory so they will be ready for the next instructions. Signed-off-by: Remington Steed Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton --- diff --git a/README b/README index a5b3324..eecf880 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,6 +20,30 @@ follows: of installing OpenSRF. You can switch to this account from the *root* account by issuing the `su - opensrf` command. +Download and unpack the code +---------------------------- + +Issue the following commands as the *user* Linux account. + +1. Acquire a stable release tarball from https://evergreen-ils.org/opensrf-downloads/ ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +wget http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/opensrf-2.4.1.tar.gz +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +[NOTE] +Developers can find the full source code at the OpenSRF Git repository: +http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=OpenSRF.git ++ +2. Unpack the tarball, and move into that directory: ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +tar -xvf opensrf-2.4.1.tar.gz +cd opensrf-2.4.1/ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Installing prerequisites ------------------------