From 42e64596ab9822421c4ce234327318b66e4413ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Gibson Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:04:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] User instructed to install from release --- README.md | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2e98318..e018c67 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,20 +30,21 @@ For a quick introduction to Joinmarket you can watch [this demonstration](https: ### Quickstart - RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION METHOD (Linux and macOS only) -Once you've downloaded this repo, either as a tar/zip file, and extracted it, or via `git clone`: +Download the latest [release](https://github.com/Joinmarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases) as tar or zip, and extract it. -Make sure to validate the signature on the tar/zip file provided on the [release page](https://github.com/Joinmarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases), -or check the signature in git if you install that way using `git log --show-signature`. +Make sure to validate the signature on the tar/zip file provided with the [release](https://github.com/Joinmarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases) (or check the signature in git if you install that way using `git log --show-signature`). -**macOS users**: Make sure that you have Homebrew and Apple's Command Line Tools installed. +(**macOS users**: Make sure that you have Homebrew and Apple's Command Line Tools installed.) ./install.sh - (follow instructions on screen; provide sudo password when prompted) + +(There are options you can apply to the installation - see `./install.sh -?`. But the defaults should work.) + +Follow instructions on screen; provide sudo password when prompted, then when finished: + source jmvenv/bin/activate cd scripts -(You can add `--develop` as an extra flag to `install.sh` to make the Joinmarket code editable in-place.) - You can optionally install a Qt GUI application, you will be prompted to choose this during installation. Do note, Python 2 is no longer supported as it has reached its end of life.