More information on installation process

README.rst

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Requirements
 - OpenSSL binary and development libraries
 - OpenVPN >= 2.3
 - Babel_ (with Nexedi patches)
+- geoip2: `python library`_ and `country lite database`_ (optional)
 - python-miniupnpc for UPnP support (optional)
 - for the demo: miniupnpd_, Graphviz, Screen_, Nemu_
 
@@ -65,14 +66,39 @@ See also `setup.py` for Python dependencies.
 .. _Nemu: https://github.com/thetincho/nemu
 .. _miniupnpd: http://miniupnp.free.fr/
 .. _Screen: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen
+.. _python library: https://pypi.org/project/geoip2/
+.. _country lite database: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/
 
 Installation
 ============
 
-| Official packaging is implemented at
-|   https://lab.nexedi.com/nexedi/slapos.package/tree/master/obs/re6st
-| and packages are built for many Linux distributions at
-|   https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:VIFIBnexedi/Re6stnet
+Packages (preferred method)
+---------------------------
+
+We are maintaining `re6st-node` package for many distributions (official packaging is implemented at https://lab.nexedi.com/nexedi/slapos.package/tree/master/obs/re6st).
+
+In order to install `re6st-node` package, go to https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:VIFIBnexedi/Re6stnet and find your distribution on the build result at the right of the page. Once you have your distribution name DISTRIB_NAME, the repository to add is http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/VIFIBnexedi/<DISTRIB_NAME>.
+
+Here are a few examples:
+
+* Ubuntu 16.04::
+
+   sudo -i
+   echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/VIFIBnexedi/xUbuntu_16.04 ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/re6st.list
+   wget -qO - https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/VIFIBnexedi/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
+   apt update
+   apt install re6st-node
+
+* Debian 9::
+
+   sudo -i
+   echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/VIFIBnexedi/Debian_9.0 ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/re6st.list
+   wget -qO - https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/VIFIBnexedi/Debian_9.0/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
+   apt update
+   apt install re6st-node
+
+Python egg
+----------
 
 | re6stnet is also distributed as a Python egg:
 |   https://pypi.python.org/pypi/re6stnet