diff --git a/docs/source/setup_linux.rst b/docs/source/setup_linux.rst index e447be9e..b733f0a0 100644 --- a/docs/source/setup_linux.rst +++ b/docs/source/setup_linux.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Setup on Linux This is a brief guide to how you can get novelWriter running on a Linux computer. There are currently install packages available for Ubuntu and Debian. For other distros it is -recommended that you download either the full source or minimal package and extract it to a +recommended that you download either the full source or the minimal package and extract it to a practical location on your system and run the ``setup.py`` script. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Instead, run the following commands to add the repository and key: sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/local/share/novelwriter-keyring.gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys F19F1FCE50043114 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/local/share/keyrings/novelwriter-keyring.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/vkbo/novelwriter/ubuntu focal main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/novelwriter.list -Then run the update and install command: +Then run the update and install commands as for Ubuntu: .. code-block:: console @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ Then run the update and install command: Pre-Releases ------------ -There is also a `Pre-Release PPA`_ available beta releases and release candidates. +There is also a `Pre-Release PPA`_ available with beta releases and release candidates of +novelWriter. For Ubuntu, run the following commands: .. code-block:: console @@ -75,8 +76,9 @@ Minimal Zip File ================ A minimal zip file is provided for Linux. You can download the latest zip file from the release -page on GitHub_, or from the `main website`_. This zip file contains only the main files needed to -run novelWriter. You can extract the file to wherever you want, and run the steps below. +page on GitHub_, or from the `main website`_. This zip file contains only the files actually needed +to run novelWriter, and none of the additional source files for tests and documentation. You can +extract the file to wherever you want, and run the steps below. Step 1: Installing Dependencies