For documentation, please see the docs directory.
-Alternatively, visit https://f-droid.org/manual/
+Alternatively, visit [https://f-droid.org/manual/](https://f-droid.org/manual/)
Installing
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-The easiest way to install the fdroidserver tools is to use virtualenv and pip
-(if you are Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/etc, you can first try installing using
-`apt-get install fdroidserver`). First, make sure you have virtualenv
-installed, it should be included in your OS's Python distribution or via other
-mechanisms like dnf/yum/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts/Brew. Then here's how to
-install:
+The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint
+or other Debian based distributions, you can install using:
+
+ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
+
+But you can also use `virtualenv` and `pip` python tools that also work on other
+distributions.
+
+First, make sure you have installed the python header files, virtualenv and pip.
+They should be included in your OS's default package manager or you can install
+them via other mechanisms like Brew/dnf/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts.
+
+For Debian based distributions:
+
+ apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv
+
+Then here's how to install:
git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git
cd fdroidserver
virtualenv env/
- . env/bin/activate
+ source env/bin/activate
pip install -e .
python2 setup.py install