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Fix outdated installation instructions (#829)
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"pip" either uses Python 2, or it doesn't exist at all any more. Either way,
we should encourage users to install our system packages (RPMs/DEBs/brew)
instead, since they'll get automatic updates that way.
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TimoWilken committed Feb 14, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ A simple build tool for ALICE experiment software and its externals. Recipes
for the externals and ALICE software are stored in
[alidist](https://github.com/alisw/alidist).

Install with:
You can install aliBuild on [Ubuntu][ubuntu], [MacOS][mac], [CentOS 7][centos7], [Alma 8][alma8], [Alma 9][alma9] and [Fedora][fedora].

pip install alibuild
[centos7]: https://alice-doc.github.io/alice-analysis-tutorial/building/prereq-centos7.html
[alma8]: https://alice-doc.github.io/alice-analysis-tutorial/building/prereq-centos8.html
[alma9]: https://alice-doc.github.io/alice-analysis-tutorial/building/prereq-alma9.html
[ubuntu]: https://alice-doc.github.io/alice-analysis-tutorial/building/prereq-ubuntu.html
[mac]: https://alice-doc.github.io/alice-analysis-tutorial/building/prereq-macos.html
[fedora]: https://alice-doc.github.io/alice-analysis-tutorial/building/prereq-fedora.html

On macOS you can also install with:

brew tap alisw/system-deps
brew install alisw/system-deps/alibuild

Instant gratification on your machine with:
Then, build ALICE's software with:

git clone https://github.com/alisw/alidist.git
aliBuild build AliRoot
aliBuild build O2Physics

For a more verbose documentation of what is happening have a look at
the [quickstart guide](quick.html). See the [user guide](user.html)
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