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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 05a3bb3751..e6354ccba0 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -333,12 +333,38 @@ https://developer.github.com/changes/2014-04-25-user-content-security for more d Platform-Specific Instructions ============================== -Debian ------- +Debian/Ubuntu +------------- + +Matrix.org packages +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Matrix.org provides Debian/Ubuntu packages of the latest stable version of +Synapse via https://matrix.org/packages/debian/. To use them:: + + sudo apt install -y lsb-release curl apt-transport-https + echo "deb https://matrix.org/packages/debian `lsb_release -cs` main" | + sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/matrix-org.list + curl "https://matrix.org/packages/debian/repo-key.asc" | + sudo apt-key add - + sudo apt update + sudo apt install matrix-synapse-py3 + +Downstream Debian/Ubuntu packages +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +For ``buster`` and ``sid``, Synapse is available in the Debian repositories and +it should be possible to install it with simply:: + + sudo apt install matrix-synapse + +There is also a version of ``matrix-synapse`` in ``stretch-backports``. Please +see the `Debian documentation on backports +<https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/>`_ for information on how to use +them. -Matrix provides official Debian packages via apt from https://matrix.org/packages/debian/. -Note that these packages do not include a client - choose one from -https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html (or build your own with one of our SDKs :) +We do not recommend using the packages in downstream Ubuntu at this time, as +they are old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities. Fedora ------ diff --git a/changelog.d/4526.doc b/changelog.d/4526.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b7536e25f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/4526.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Update debian installation instructions |