docs: note about possible lagging packaged version

It's surprising how many Debian users don't realize they're looking at the
wrong version of the docs.
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Adrian Sampson 2013-11-25 14:42:40 -08:00
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@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ You will need Python. (Beets is written for `Python 2.7`_, but it works with
* On **Debian or Ubuntu**, depending on the version, beets is available as an
official package (`Debian details`_, `Ubuntu details`_), so try typing:
``apt-get install beets``. To build from source, you can get everything you
need by running: ``apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools python-pip``
``apt-get install beets``. But the version in the repositories might lag
behind, so make sure you read the right version of these docs. If you want
the latest version, you can get everything you need by running:
``apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools python-pip``
* On **Arch Linux**, `beets is in [community]`_, so just run ``pacman -S
beets``. (There's also a bleeding-edge `dev package`_ in the AUR, which will