From da73a89e6256a310d66144fcadf7884c6bc898b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Svarovsky Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:17:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarified software installation instructions --- learners/setup.md | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/learners/setup.md b/learners/setup.md index 1c08ff9a..26576fc7 100644 --- a/learners/setup.md +++ b/learners/setup.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Setup # Software -For this course you will need the UNIX shell, plus [SQLite3](https://www.sqlite.org/) or +For this course you will need the UNIX shell (described in the [UNIX Shell lesson](https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/#install-software)), plus [SQLite3](https://www.sqlite.org/) or [DB Browser for SQLite](https://sqlitebrowser.org/). If you are running **macOS** you should already have SQLite installed. You can run `sqlite3 --version` @@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ If you are running **Linux**, you may already have SQLite3 installed, please use `which sqlite3` to see the path of the program, otherwise you should be able to get it from your package manager (on Debian/Ubuntu, you can use the command `apt install sqlite3`). -If you are running **Windows**, run installers as administrator. -Additionally, make sure you select the right installer version for your system. -We recommend that you use [git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/). -This is described in the [UNIX Shell lesson](https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/setup.html). +If you are running **Windows**, download installers and run them as administrator. +Make sure you select the right installer version for your system. If the installer asks to add the path to the environment variables, check yes, otherwise you have to manually add the path of the executable to the `PATH` environmental variables. This path informs the system where to find the executable program.