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Updated documentation for release 1.2

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.. _main website: https://novelwriter.io
This is a brief guide to how you can get novelWriter running on a Linux computer. There are
currently no packaged version of novelWriter for Linux, so it is recommended that you just extract
the source to a practical location on your system and run the ``setup.py`` script.
currently no install package of novelWriter for Linux, so it is recommended that you download
either the full source or minimal package and extract it to a practical location on your system and
run the ``setup.py`` script.
Running from Source
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GUI application like novelWriter, so you may instead copy the entire source to a suiteable location
yourself.
By default, this command installs novelWriter for the current user only. To install for all users,
run the script with the ``sudo`` command.
This should install novelWriter to either ``~/.local/bin/novelWriter`` if installed for local user
only, or to ``/usr/local/bin/novelWriter`` if installed for all users.
only, or to ``/usr/local/bin/novelWriter`` if installed for all users (with the ``sudo`` command).
Step 3: Create Launcher Icons
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To set up the novelWriter desktop launcher, the icons, and the project file association, run:
Regardless of where you extract or install the source files, you can easily set up a standard icon
and launcher. To set up this desktop launcher, the needed icons, and the project file association,
run:
.. code-block:: console