From 4cc2989fe95b064baeee09e1f57586c74e2ce043 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Diamond Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:57:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the Ubuntu/Debian install instructions A cursory reading of the existing text would lead a reader to think `bat`should be available on Debian, which isn't really true. Most users are not running Sid, so `bat` isn't yet available to them. --- README.md | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index af00662d..28b05b47 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -171,14 +171,21 @@ The [`prettybat`](https://github.com/eth-p/bat-extras/blob/master/doc/prettybat. ### On Ubuntu *... and other Debian-based Linux distributions.* -You can install [the Ubuntu `bat` package](https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/bat) or [the Debian `bat` package](https://packages.debian.org/sid/bat) since Ubuntu Eoan 19.10 or Debian unstable sid. +`bat` is making its way through the [Ubuntu](https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/bat) and +[Debian](https://packages.debian.org/sid/bat) package release process, and is available +for Ubuntu as of Eoan 19.10. On Debian `bat` is currently only available on the unstable +"Sid" branch. + +If your Ubuntu/Debian installation is new enough you can simply run: ```bash apt install bat ``` -If you want to run the latest release of bat or if you are on older versions of Ubuntu/Debian, download the latest `.deb` package from the [release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases) -and install it via: +If the package has not yet been promoted to your Ubuntu/Debian installation, or you want +the most recent release of `bat`, download the latest `.deb` package from the +[release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases) and install it via: + ```bash sudo dpkg -i bat_0.13.0_amd64.deb # adapt version number and architecture ```