X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/53b76f7abb213907c0cfa6aa49e62d38c9bdf97b..639e2f9ec7cda307411a2d832d9ec68d18c35f5c:/doc/download.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/download.mdwn b/doc/download.mdwn
index cc1684fee..f3f0a004b 100644
--- a/doc/download.mdwn
+++ b/doc/download.mdwn
@@ -1,36 +1,38 @@
 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
+
+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`.
-
-# subversion
+There is a backport of a recent version of ikiwiki for Debian 4.0 at
+<http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/ikiwiki>.
 
-The current development version of ikiwiki can be accessed using subversion at 
-`svn://ikiwiki.kitenet.net/ikiwiki/trunk`
+There is also an unofficial backport of ikiwiki for Ubuntu Gutsy
+and Ubuntu Hardy, provided by Paweł Tęcza,
+at [http://gpa.net.icm.edu.pl/ubuntu/](http://gpa.net.icm.edu.pl/ubuntu/index-en.html).
 
-The source in subversion can be browsed
-[with viewcvs](http://ikiwiki.kitenet.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/?root=ikiwiki).
+Also, FreeBSD has ikiwiki in its
+[ports collection](http://www.freshports.org/www/ikiwiki/).
 
-If you would like to be subscribed to svn commit messages for ikiwiki,
-mail joey@kitenet.net.
+And Gentoo has an [ebuild](http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144453) in its bug database. 
 
-# arch
+## revision control
 
-An unofficial arch mirror of the subversion repository is at
-`http://arch.debian.org/arh/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]].