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## Packaged (OTP) installation vs Manual (from-source) installations

There is multiple ways to install Pleroma.
<dl>
<dt>Distro-provided packages</dt><dd>This is the recommended method, where you can get the strongest compatibility guarantees and the best dependency-management</dd>
<dt>Pleroma-provided OTP binaries</dt><dd>Intended as fallback for Alpine/Debian-compatible systems lacking a proper Pleroma package, they are heavier than proper distro packages as they also contain Erlang/Elixir and can break after system updates</dd>
<dt>Manual from-source installation</dt><dd>Needs build-dependencies to be installed and manual updates+rebuilds. Allows for easier source-customisations.</dd>
</dl>
otp_vs_from_source*: Acknowledge distro packages 2023-06-13 13:40:12 +00:00			`## Packaged (OTP) installation vs Manual (from-source) installations`
Make the OPT recomendation clearer AFAIK OTP releases are the recomended way of installing, but * People seem unaware of that and use from source installations because they use the guide with the name of their distro * People don't know what OTP releases are or what it means I added a warning on all installation-from-source guides and added the same explanation on the two OTP pages (the miigration to OTP and installing OTP) 2021-08-10 06:09:31 +00:00
otp_vs_from_source*: Acknowledge distro packages 2023-06-13 13:40:12 +00:00			`There is multiple ways to install Pleroma.`
			`<dl>`
			`<dt>Distro-provided packages</dt><dd>This is the recommended method, where you can get the strongest compatibility guarantees and the best dependency-management</dd>`
			`<dt>Pleroma-provided OTP binaries</dt><dd>Intended as fallback for Alpine/Debian-compatible systems lacking a proper Pleroma package, they are heavier than proper distro packages as they also contain Erlang/Elixir and can break after system updates</dd>`
			`<dt>Manual from-source installation</dt><dd>Needs build-dependencies to be installed and manual updates+rebuilds. Allows for easier source-customisations.</dd>`
			`</dl>`