From fa65881f13d1c1b6f79eb56c948df1899b07f128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Markus=20M=C3=A4kel=C3=A4?= Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 22:37:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add explicit installation instructions The packages need to be installed with the correct tools and thus it makes sense to instruct on the installation in the installation guide. --- .../MariaDB-MaxScale-Installation-Guide.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/Getting-Started/MariaDB-MaxScale-Installation-Guide.md b/Documentation/Getting-Started/MariaDB-MaxScale-Installation-Guide.md index d520e53b5..7b05dbb06 100644 --- a/Documentation/Getting-Started/MariaDB-MaxScale-Installation-Guide.md +++ b/Documentation/Getting-Started/MariaDB-MaxScale-Installation-Guide.md @@ -6,9 +6,19 @@ Download the MaxScale package from the MariaDB Downloads page: * [https://mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb-tx/maxscale](https://mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb-tx/maxscale) -Select your operating system and download the package. You can also use +Select your operating system and download either the RPM or the DEB package. + +* For RHEL/CentOS variants, use `yum` to install the downloaded RPM + +* For SLES, use `zypper` + +* For Debian/Ubuntu systems, install the package with `dpkg -i` and run `apt-get install` + after it to install the dependencies + +You can also use [the MariaDB package repository](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-package-repository-setup-and-usage/) -to install MaxScale. +to install MaxScale by first configuring the repository and then +installing the `maxscale` package via your package manager. ## Install MariaDB MaxScale Using a Tarball