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authorDave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org>2024-02-10 21:41:40 +0100
committerDave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org>2024-02-10 21:41:40 +0100
commitc3023b399bdd7b5fbba4860743c6ef389be97536 (patch)
tree893ba8c250ed1fd349915c2ab65cd64707b5f450
parent1c7ff16add6b52de908f00731c0fc07b100ed994 (diff)
[Doc] Clarify in build instructions what release to use.
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@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ On debian based systems, the developer packages are in the form of:
## Install from a release
+When downloading from the github release page, make sure to grab the archive
+`rofi-{version}.tar.[g|x]z`. The auto-attached files `source code (zip|tar.gz)`
+by github do not contain a valid release. It misses a setup build system and
+includes irrelevant files.
+
### Autotools
Create a build directory and enter it: