From cd06277c3972437e676f51744749009c0d7eeb60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Remington Steed Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:58:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- README | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) 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 ------------------------ -- 2.11.0