From 3d183ce2adfc32a104c91baa3ab5909d6f7afaa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friedrich Beckmann Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 16:43:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] GNU/Linux installation/update - Use GNU/Linux wording - Remove Ubuntu I changed the wording to GNU/Linux throughout the text and removed the reference to Ubuntu. --- doc/installing.texi | 24 +++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/installing.texi b/doc/installing.texi index 201a20242f..0acc32f559 100644 --- a/doc/installing.texi +++ b/doc/installing.texi @@ -78,19 +78,18 @@ More detailed instructions for building from source including the installation of required libraries can be found here: @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/plain/INSTALL}. -@section Updating the pspp package in Linux distributions -Linux distributions like Debian or Ubuntu make a release by taking the +@section Updating the pspp package in GNU/Linux distributions +GNU/Linux distributions like Debian make a release by taking the pspp package version which is in the rolling testing (sid) stage at the -time of freezing the linux release. The pspp versions which are the default -version for a specific linux distribution release are listed here: +time of freezing the GNU/Linux release. The pspp version which is the default +version for a specific GNU/Linux distribution release are listed here: @itemize @item Debian: @uref{https://packages.debian.org/pspp} -@item Ubuntu: @uref{https://packages.ubuntu.com/pspp} @end itemize Debian stretch for example contains pspp 0.10.2. There are a number of -possibilities to update the pspp version inside a linux distribution. +possibilities to update the pspp version inside a GNU/Linux distribution. @subsection Backports @@ -99,22 +98,17 @@ distribution. Instructions how to install backports can be found here @uref{https://backports.debian.org/Instructions} for Debian. This is the easiest way to have an updated version. -@subsection Ubuntu PPA -For Ubuntu Adam Zammit maintains a PPA with several updates of pspp. -Installation via a PPA is similar to a backports install. See: -@uref{https://launchpad.net/~adamzammit/+archive/ubuntu/pspp}. - @subsection Building an updated pspp package If you wish to use a newer pspp version than the one provided with -the distribution or possibly a backport, then there is a good chance -that you can generate a new updated pspp package for your linux distribution release -from the package source of a later distribution release. The latest +the GNU/Linux distribution or possibly a backport, then there is a good chance +that you can generate a new updated pspp package for your GNU/Linux distribution release +from the package source of a later GNU/Linux distribution release. The latest pspp package for Debian is in sid (unstable). It is not advisable to take a binary package from a later distribution because the interface to the required libraries may have changed. Therefore you take the package source instead of the package binary and then compile a new pspp package for your -linux distribution. +GNU/Linux distribution. Assume you want to create a new pspp package for Debian jessie. Jessie has pspp version 0.8.4 as the default version. Assume that Debian unstable -- 2.30.2