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-Ikiwiki is _not_ yet formally released, although it's very close to being ready for a release now. If you really have to have it: `svn://svn.kitenet.net/ikiwiki/trunk`
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+Here's how to get ikiwiki. See [[setup]] for how to use it, and be sure to
+add your wiki to [[IkiwikiUsers]] if you use ikiwiki.
+
+## tarball
+
+The best place to download a tarball of the latest release is from 
+<http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki>.
+
+Installation steps and requirements are listed on the [[install]] page.
+
+## packages
+
+To install with apt, if using Debian (since 4.0), or Ubuntu (since 6.10):
+[[!template id=note text="""
+Note that Debian 4.0 and especially Ubuntu 6.10 contain older versions of
+ikiwiki, there have been lots of enhancements and bug fixes since those
+versions.
+"""]]
+
+        apt-get install ikiwiki
+
+Or download the deb from <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/ikiwiki>.
+
+There is a backport of a recent version of ikiwiki for Debian 4.0 at
+<http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/ikiwiki>.
+
+There is also an unofficial backport of ikiwiki for Ubuntu Hardy, provided by
+[[Paweł_Tęcza|users/ptecza]],
+at [http://gpa.net.icm.edu.pl/ubuntu/](http://gpa.net.icm.edu.pl/ubuntu/index-en.html).
+
+NetBSD and many other platforms: pkgsrc has an [ikiwiki package](ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/www/ikiwiki/README.html).
+
+FreeBSD has ikiwiki in its
+[ports collection](http://www.freshports.org/www/ikiwiki/).
+
+Gentoo has an [ebuild](http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144453) in its bug database. 
+
+IkiWiki can be installed [from macports](http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=ikiwiki)
+by running `sudo port install ikiwiki`.
+
+## revision control
+
+Ikiwiki is developed in a [[git_repository|git]].