From 81fddad7c38720f6f8ef5e34c684019724c3f2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Sampson Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:42:40 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- docs/guides/main.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/main.rst b/docs/guides/main.rst index 80d1abf4f..9f4f32471 100644 --- a/docs/guides/main.rst +++ b/docs/guides/main.rst @@ -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