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| author | Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me> | 2023-06-13 15:40:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me> | 2023-06-13 16:05:37 +0200 |
| commit | 4392fff212b42204990569f396a69e74b053e5ca (patch) | |
| tree | 18e3ec66a066925a36b9e060e8ee91a2df51bf1d /docs | |
| parent | d5a7079f42228980471b6210aaaea69fcaa4c9ed (diff) | |
otp_vs_from_source*: Acknowledge distro packages
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source_source.include | 2 |
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diff --git a/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source.include b/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source.include index 63e837a53..6c7820275 100644 --- a/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source.include +++ b/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source.include @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ -## OTP releases vs from-source installations +## Packaged (OTP) installation vs Manual (from-source) installations -There are two ways to install Pleroma. You can use OTP releases or do a from-source installation. OTP releases are as close as you can get to binary releases with Erlang/Elixir. The release is self-contained, and provides everything needed to boot it, it is easily administered via the provided shell script to open up a remote console, start/stop/restart the release, start in the background, send remote commands, and more. With from source installations you install Pleroma from source, meaning you have to install certain dependencies like Erlang+Elixir and compile Pleroma yourself. +There is multiple ways to install Pleroma. +<dl> +<dt>Distro-provided packages</dt><dd>This is the recommended method, where you can get the strongest compatibility guarantees and the best dependency-management</dd> +<dt>Pleroma-provided OTP binaries</dt><dd>Intended as fallback for Alpine/Debian-compatible systems lacking a proper Pleroma package, they are heavier than proper distro packages as they also contain Erlang/Elixir and can break after system updates</dd> +<dt>Manual from-source installation</dt><dd>Needs build-dependencies to be installed and manual updates+rebuilds. Allows for easier source-customisations.</dd> +</dl> diff --git a/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source_source.include b/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source_source.include index 63482b69d..9f7134229 100644 --- a/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source_source.include +++ b/docs/installation/otp_vs_from_source_source.include @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ {! backend/installation/otp_vs_from_source.include !} -This guide covers a from-source installation. To install using OTP releases, please check out [the OTP guide](./otp_en.md). +This guide covers a manual from-source installation. To install using OTP releases, please check for the presence of a distro package, failing that you can use [Pleroma-provided OTP binaries](./otp_en.md). |