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Clarify the Ubuntu/Debian install instructions

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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.
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@ -171,14 +171,21 @@ The [`prettybat`](https://github.com/eth-p/bat-extras/blob/master/doc/prettybat.
### On Ubuntu ### On Ubuntu
*... and other Debian-based Linux distributions.* *... 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 ```bash
apt install bat 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) If the package has not yet been promoted to your Ubuntu/Debian installation, or you want
and install it via: 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 ```bash
sudo dpkg -i bat_0.13.0_amd64.deb # adapt version number and architecture sudo dpkg -i bat_0.13.0_amd64.deb # adapt version number and architecture
``` ```