Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Update README to be more explicit about precompiled binaries (fixes B…
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
okdana committed Oct 1, 2017
1 parent 214f2be commit 42896f6
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 6 deletions.
15 changes: 9 additions & 6 deletions README.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ Summarizing, `ripgrep` is fast because:

The binary name for `ripgrep` is `rg`.

[Binaries for `ripgrep` are available for Windows, Mac and
Linux.](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases) Linux binaries are
static executables. Windows binaries are available either as built with MinGW
(GNU) or with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC). When possible, prefer MSVC over GNU,
but you'll need to have the
[Microsoft VC++ 2015 redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145)
**[Archives of precompiled binaries for `ripgrep` are available for Windows, Mac
and Linux.](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases)** Users of platforms
not explicitly mentioned below (such as Debian and Ubuntu) are advised to
download one of these archives.

Linux binaries are static executables. Windows binaries are available either as
built with MinGW (GNU) or with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC). When possible,
prefer MSVC over GNU, but you'll need to have the [Microsoft VC++ 2015
redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145)
installed.

If you're a **Mac OS X Homebrew** user, then you can install ripgrep either
Expand Down

0 comments on commit 42896f6

Please sign in to comment.