From 98e197d64ce1d4a806c93d1f6adcbdda7f2a2495 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas F Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 21:15:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs/installing: update CenturyOldOS instructions Imagine not having Python 3 in 2019 LMAO --- docs/installing.rst | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/installing.rst b/docs/installing.rst index ed1e2d5..069f5bf 100644 --- a/docs/installing.rst +++ b/docs/installing.rst @@ -49,7 +49,33 @@ you're all set! See you at the :doc:`running` page! CentOS / RHEL / Fedora ====================== -We also provide a RPM repository with pre-built packages for users on RPM-based +Prerequisites for CentOS/RHEL 6 +-------------------------- +We recommend you upgrade to a newer version of your distribution, though in the meantime +Overviewer should still work with Python 3.4 which is the latest available EPEL package for +CentOS/RHEL 6, but is no longer supported with security fixes by the Python developers. + +Enable EPEL to get a release of Python 3:: + + yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm + + +Prerequisites for CentOS/RHEL 7 +-------------------------- +Enable EPEL to get a release of Python 3:: + + yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm + +The `official instructions `_ also recommend enabling a few +additional repositories, as some EPEL packages may depend on them. **However, this is only relevant +if you are not using CentOS**:: + + subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms" + + +Installing the Overviewer +------------------------- +We provide a RPM repository with pre-built packages for users on RPM-based distros. To add the Overviewer repository to YUM, just run ::