From d989415c422d0af8725e0ca87d2ac38e384cd90c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: beorn7 Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 13:31:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md. --- README.md | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4c321d510b..cc1d5a88e5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,18 +24,23 @@ Prometheus' main distinguishing features as compared to other monitoring systems There are various ways of installing Prometheus. -### Precompiled packages +### Precompiled binaries -We plan to provide precompiled binaries for various platforms and even -packages for common Linux distributions soon. Once those are offered, -it will be the recommended way of installing Prometheus. +Precompiled binaries for released versions are available in the +[*releases* section](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases) +of the GitHub repository. Using the latest production release binary +is the recommended way of installing Prometheus. + +Debian and RPM packages are being worked on. ### Use `make` -Clone the repository in the usual way with `git clone`. _Do not -download and unpack the source archives provided by GitHub._ (The -makefile depends on running in a git repository. This will be fixed -eventually.) +Clone the repository in the usual way with `git clone`. (If you +download and unpack the source archives provided by GitHub instead of +using `git clone`, you need to set an environment variable `VERSION` +to make the below work. See +[issue #609](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/609) for +context.) In most circumstances, the following should work: