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| author | Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-07-14 17:12:01 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-07-14 17:12:01 +0100 |
| commit | 28ffff73c1f69be92155749275408b14ec7318d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 6bc760b19827fa47165fde56cff1e0b630a6f85f | |
| parent | Set section for prerelease debs (#10391) (diff) | |
| download | synapse-28ffff73c1f69be92155749275408b14ec7318d0.tar.xz | |
Instructions on installing RC debs (#10396)
| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/10396.doc | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/setup/installation.md | 21 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/10396.doc b/changelog.d/10396.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b521ad9cbf --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/10396.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add instructructions on installing Debian packages for release candidates. diff --git a/docs/setup/installation.md b/docs/setup/installation.md index d041d08333..afa57a825d 100644 --- a/docs/setup/installation.md +++ b/docs/setup/installation.md @@ -268,9 +268,8 @@ For more details, see ##### Matrix.org packages -Matrix.org provides Debian/Ubuntu packages of the latest stable version of -Synapse via <https://packages.matrix.org/debian/>. They are available for Debian -9 (Stretch), Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial), and later. To use them: +Matrix.org provides Debian/Ubuntu packages of Synapse via +<https://packages.matrix.org/debian/>. To install the latest release: ```sh sudo apt install -y lsb-release wget apt-transport-https @@ -281,12 +280,16 @@ sudo apt update sudo apt install matrix-synapse-py3 ``` -**Note**: if you followed a previous version of these instructions which -recommended using `apt-key add` to add an old key from -`https://matrix.org/packages/debian/`, you should note that this key has been -revoked. You should remove the old key with `sudo apt-key remove -C35EB17E1EAE708E6603A9B3AD0592FE47F0DF61`, and follow the above instructions to -update your configuration. +Packages are also published for release candidates. To enable the prerelease +channel, add `prerelease` to the `sources.list` line. For example: + +```sh +sudo wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.matrix.org/debian/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg +echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.matrix.org/debian/ $(lsb_release -cs) main prerelease" | + sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/matrix-org.list +sudo apt update +sudo apt install matrix-synapse-py3 +``` The fingerprint of the repository signing key (as shown by `gpg /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg`) is |