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| author | dana <dana@dana.is> | 2017-09-30 20:05:12 -0500 |
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| committer | Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com> | 2017-10-08 08:02:19 -0400 |
| commit | 58fb4f987eeebaf3530c8d1367845c4a3432f85e (patch) | |
| tree | d5d09979cacd1c4d7547a8c8f72db2c0245968ef | |
| parent | 4f1d6af29677eee64743c6f5ba3297fb242006e7 (diff) | |
Update README to be more explicit about precompiled binaries (fixes #618)
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ Summarizing, `ripgrep` is fast because: The binary name for `ripgrep` is `rg`. -[Binaries for `ripgrep` are available for Windows, Mac and -Linux.](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases) Linux binaries are -static executables. Windows binaries are available either as built with MinGW -(GNU) or with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC). When possible, prefer MSVC over GNU, -but you'll need to have the -[Microsoft VC++ 2015 redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145) +**[Archives of precompiled binaries for `ripgrep` are available for Windows, Mac +and Linux.](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases)** Users of platforms +not explicitly mentioned below (such as Debian and Ubuntu) are advised to +download one of these archives. + +Linux binaries are static executables. Windows binaries are available either as +built with MinGW (GNU) or with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC). When possible, +prefer MSVC over GNU, but you'll need to have the [Microsoft VC++ 2015 +redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145) installed. If you're a **Mac OS X Homebrew** user, then you can install ripgrep either |