feat: add download/extraction progress to install.sh, expand distro coverage in docs#4869
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I recommend changing the installation instructions. |
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Without -f, an HTTP error (transient 5xx, proxy interception) writes the
error body into perry.tar.gz and exits 0, surfacing later as a confusing
tar/gzip failure. Also restores the comments documenting why the script
probes recent tags instead of releases/latest, and the multi-hop
%{http_code} parsing.
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Thanks @nglmercer - really appreciate the PR. I added a few minor things and merged :) |
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Summary
Two improvements to Perry's Linux installation story:
1. Progress indicators in
packaging/install.shcurl --progress-baron interactive terminals (real-time#### 45% 12 MB/s 00:05)pvif installed for pipe-through progress; silent fallbackDone in Xs (size)after download-fsS(silent, no messy bars)set -e→set -eufor better error handling2. Per-distro C toolchain instructions in docs
Added Linux linker install commands for Arch/Cachy OS/Manjaro (
pacman -S base-devel gcc), Fedora/RHEL (dnf), openSUSE (zypper), Alpine (apk), and Void Linux (xbps-install) to both:README.mdRequirements sectiondocs/src/getting-started/installation.mdPrerequisites sectionPreviously only Debian/Ubuntu (
apt) and Alpine were documented.