From 57bf177aeada4ebc2b7ef0701c454cdeb064d652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friedrich Beckmann Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:11:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "GNU/Linux installation/update - Use GNU/Linux wording - Remove Ubuntu" This reverts commit 3d183ce2adfc32a104c91baa3ab5909d6f7afaa1. --- doc/installing.texi | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/installing.texi b/doc/installing.texi index 0acc32f559..201a20242f 100644 --- a/doc/installing.texi +++ b/doc/installing.texi @@ -78,18 +78,19 @@ 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 GNU/Linux distributions -GNU/Linux distributions like Debian make a release by taking the +@section Updating the pspp package in Linux distributions +Linux distributions like Debian or Ubuntu make a release by taking the pspp package version which is in the rolling testing (sid) stage at the -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: +time of freezing the linux release. The pspp versions which are the default +version for a specific 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 GNU/Linux distribution. +possibilities to update the pspp version inside a linux distribution. @subsection Backports @@ -98,17 +99,22 @@ 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 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 +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 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 -GNU/Linux distribution. +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