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Use the binary install instructions on the front-page

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Testing has revealed no problems with the binary installer, so
make it live. Fixes #595
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@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ The binaries will be installed in the standard location for your OS,
Linux. The installer only touches files in that directory.
Manually installing
---------------------
If something goes wrong or you simply do not want to run the installer, you can
manually download and install |kitty| from the `GitHub releases page
<https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases>`_. If you are on macOS, download
the :file:`.dmg` and install as normal. If you are on Linux, download the tarball
and extract it into a directory. The |kitty| executable will be in the
:file:`bin` sub-directory.
Customizing the installation
--------------------------------
@ -48,17 +59,6 @@ Customizing the installation
installer=/path/to/dmg or tarball
Manually installing
---------------------
If something goes wrong or you simply do not want to run the installer, you can
manually download and install |kitty| from the `GitHub releases page
<https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases>`_. If you are on macOS, download
the :file:`.dmg` and install as normal. If you are on Linux, download the tarball
and extract it into a directory. The |kitty| executable will be in the
:file:`bin` sub-directory.
Building from source
------------------------

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@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ kitty - the fast, featureful, GPU based, terminal emulator
* Supports all modern terminal features: :doc:`graphics (images)
<graphics-protocol>`, unicode, true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse
protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and several :doc:`new terminal
protocol, focus tracking, `bracketed paste
<https://cirw.in/blog/bracketed-paste>`_ and several :doc:`new terminal
protocol extensions <protocol-extensions>`.
* Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different
@ -49,12 +50,11 @@ kitty - the fast, featureful, GPU based, terminal emulator
Quickstart
--------------
If you are on macOS, simply download and install the ``.dmg`` from the `releases
page <https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases>`_.
Pre-built binaries of |kitty| are available for both macOS and Linux.
See the :doc:`binary install instructions </binary>`.
If you are on Linux, install the |kitty| package if your distro provides it,
otherwise follow the :doc:`Build from source instructions <build>`. |kitty|
packages are available for:
If you are on Linux, you can also use your distribution's |kitty| package.
|kitty| packages are available for:
`Debian <https://packages.debian.org/buster/kitty>`_,
`openSUSE <https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/X11:terminals/kitty>`_,
`Arch Linux <https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/kitty/>`_,
@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ packages are available for:
`Gentoo <https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-terms/kitty>`_,
`Fedora <https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/oleastre/kitty-terminal/>`_.
See :doc:`Configuring kitty <conf>` for help on configuring kitty and
:doc:`Invocation <invocation>` for the command line arguments kitty supports.
See :doc:`Configuring kitty <conf>` for help on configuring |kitty| and
:doc:`Invocation <invocation>` for the command line arguments |kitty| supports.
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