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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
+## tarball
 
 The best place to download a tarball of the latest release is from 
 <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki>.
 
-# Debian package
+Installation steps and requirements are listed on the [[install]] page.
 
-If using Debian unstable or testing:
+## 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>.
 
-While this deb has been developed on Debian unstable, it should also work
-on stable, although to get the CGI stuff working on stable, you will need
-to upgrade to a newer version of libcgi-formbuilder-perl, `3.02.02`, and libcgi-session-perl `4.14-1`
-
-There is also an unofficial backport of ikiwiki for Debian stable, provided by
-Pawel Tecza, at <http://gpa.net.icm.edu.pl/debian/>.
-
-# Ubuntu
+There is a backport of a recent version of ikiwiki for Debian 4.0 at
+<http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/ikiwiki>.
 
-ikiwiki is also available in Ubuntu / Edgy
-
-        apt-get install 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).
 
-# subversion
+NetBSD and many other platforms: pkgsrc has an [ikiwiki package](ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/www/ikiwiki/README.html).
 
-The current development version of ikiwiki can be accessed using subversion at 
-`svn://ikiwiki.kitenet.net/ikiwiki/trunk`
+FreeBSD has ikiwiki in its
+[ports collection](http://www.freshports.org/www/ikiwiki/).
 
-The source in subversion can be browsed
-[here](http://ikiwiki.kitenet.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/?root=ikiwiki).
+Gentoo has an [ebuild](http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144453) in its bug database. 
 
-If you would like to be subscribed to svn commit messages for ikiwiki,
-mail joey@kitenet.net.
+IkiWiki can be installed [from macports](http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=ikiwiki)
+by running `sudo port install ikiwiki`.
 
-# arch
+## revision control
 
-An unofficial arch mirror of the subversion repository is at
-`http://arch.debian.org/arch/private/srivasta/archive-2006-misc`
-and can be browsed [here](http://arch.debian.org/cgi-bin/archzoom.cgi/srivasta@debian.org--2006-misc?color=default?layout=larger?expand).
+Ikiwiki is developed in a [[git_repository|git]].