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Message #11592
[Branch ~yade-pkg/yade/git-trunk] Rev 3513: update some links and typos
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revno: 3513
committer: Klaus Thoeni <klaus.thoeni@xxxxxxxxx>
timestamp: Wed 2014-10-29 22:11:49 +1100
message:
update some links and typos
modified:
doc/sphinx/installation.rst
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=== modified file 'doc/sphinx/installation.rst'
--- doc/sphinx/installation.rst 2014-08-18 15:34:10 +0000
+++ doc/sphinx/installation.rst 2014-10-29 11:11:49 +0000
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
Installation
###############
-Yade can be installed from packages (precompiled binaries) or source code.
+Yade can be installed from packages (pre-compiled binaries) or source code.
The choice depends on what you need: if you don't plan to modify Yade itself,
package installation is easier. In the contrary case, you must download and
-install source code.
+install the source code.
Packages
----------
Pre-built packages are provided for all currently supported Debian and Ubuntu
-versions of distributions and available on `yade-dem.org <http://yade-dem.org/packages/>`_
-server.
+versions of distributions and available on `yade-dem.org/packages <http://yade-dem.org/packages/>`_ .
These are ``daily`` versions of packages and are updating regularly and include
all the newly added features.
@@ -20,13 +19,13 @@
To install daily-version one needs to add this repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list, add a PGP-key AA915EEB as a trusted and install yadedaily ::
- sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://www.yade-dem.org/packages/ precise/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
+ sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://www.yade-dem.org/packages/ trusty/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
wget -O - http://www.yade-dem.org/packages/yadedev_pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install yadedaily
-If you have another distribution, not Ubuntu Precise (Version 12.04), be sure to use the
-correct name in the first line (for instance, jessie, trusty or wheezy). For the list
+If you have another distribution, not Ubuntu Trusty (Version 14.04 LTS), be sure to use the
+correct name in the first line (for instance, precise, jessie or wheezy). For the list
of currently supported distributions, please visit `yade-dem.org/packages <http://yade-dem.org/packages/>`_.
After that you can normally start Yade using "yadedaily" or "yadedaily-batch" command.
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@
^^^^^^^^^^
If you want to install from source, you can install either a release
-(numbered version, which is frozen) or the current developement version
+(numbered version, which is frozen) or the current development version
(updated by the developers frequently). You should download the development
version (called ``trunk``) if you want to modify the source code, as you
might encounter problems that will be fixed by the developers. Release
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
git clone https://github.com/yade/trunk.git
-For those behind firewall, you can download `any revision <https://www.yade-dem.org/source/>`_ of the repository as compressed archive.
+For those behind firewall, you can download the sources from our `GitHub <https://github.com/yade>`_ repository as compressed archive.
Release and trunk sources are compiled in the same way.
@@ -166,8 +165,9 @@
Some packages listed here are relatively new and they can be absent
in your distribution (for example, libmetis-dev or python-gts). They can be
-installed from our `external PPA <https://launchpad.net/~yade-users/+archive/external/>`_
-or just ignored. In this case some features can be disabled.
+installed from `yade-dem.org/packages <http://yade-dem.org/packages/>`_ or
+from our `external PPA <https://launchpad.net/~yade-users/+archive/external/>`_.
+If not installed the related features will be disabled automatically.
If you are using other distribution, than Debian or its derivatives, you should
install the softwares listed above. Their names can differ from the