From ad4f9604cc877272fe504234e8b9078a7ce76e17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Darrington Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 10:42:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "added a description how to update linux distributions" This reverts commit 0ec7c606844768cfc501d6213ffa17ebdfda1bab. --- doc/installing.texi | 118 -------------------------------------------- doc/pspp.texi | 2 - 2 files changed, 120 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/installing.texi b/doc/installing.texi index 201a20242f..9ce33b2238 100644 --- a/doc/installing.texi +++ b/doc/installing.texi @@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ @c @node Installation @appendix Installing @pspp{} - -The usual way to obtain pspp is described here: -@uref{https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html}. This appendix -describes ways to update to newer released pspp versions. For building -development versions: @xref{BuildDevel,,Building Development Versions}. - -@anchor{InstallUnix} -@section Installation in Unix Environment from Source @cindex installation @cindex @pspp{}, installing @@ -73,113 +65,3 @@ but only if that directory already exists. (optional) Type @samp{make clean} to delete the @pspp{} binaries from the source tree. @end enumerate - -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 -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: - -@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. - -@subsection Backports - -Sometimes a backport of a newer pspp version is available for an older -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 -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. - -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 -contains the pspp version 1.0.1. Add the line -@example -deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main -@end example -to the file @code{/etc/apt/sources.conf}. This will make the package -sources of the packages in unstable available for apt-get. - -Then download the pspp package sources from the unstable distribution. - -@example -mkdir tmp -cd tmp -sudo apt-get update -apt-get source pspp/unstable -@end example - -After this step you will have the files - -@example -pspp_1.0.1-1.dsc -pspp_1.0.1-1.debian.tar.xz -pspp_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz -@end example - -and the directory - -@example -pspp-1.0.1 -@end example - -in your directory. Now you can install the package -dependencies with - -@example -sudo apt-get build-dep pspp/unstable -@end example - -And then you can build and test your pspp package with - -@example -cd pspp-1.0.1 -debuild -us -uc -cd .. -@end example -After this step you have the binary pspp package -@example -pspp_1.0.1-1_amd64.deb -@end example -in your directory and you can install the package with -@example -sudo dpkg -i pspp_1.0.1-1_amd64.deb -@end example -You can uninstall the package as usual with -@example -sudo apt-get remove pspp -@end example -This procedure is preferable vs. the @xref{InstallUnix, Plain Source Installation} -because the package and all data can be uninstalled the usual way and -the prerequisites can be installed the usual way via apt-get. - -@anchor{BuildDevel} -@section Building a development version - -The installation of development versions and building directly from git is -described here: @uref{https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html}. diff --git a/doc/pspp.texi b/doc/pspp.texi index d399cb7e69..2e8b8f43f2 100644 --- a/doc/pspp.texi +++ b/doc/pspp.texi @@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ in the production of this manual. * Command Index:: Index of PSPP procedures. * Concept Index:: Index of concepts. -* Installation:: Installing pspp * GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual. @end menu @@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ in the production of this manual. @include command-index.texi @include concept-index.texi -@include installing.texi @include fdl.texi @bye -- 2.30.2