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new a1938f5 Update doc "how to build from source"
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commit a1938f5490510054859dca5a451bb368622360c8
Author: kezhenxu94 <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 25 11:59:58 2020 +0800
Update doc "how to build from source"
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docs/FAQ.md | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md
index 175d989..57df285 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.md
+++ b/docs/FAQ.md
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ you can also disable the plugins via environment variables
`SW_AGENT_DISABLE_PLU
#### Q: How to build from sources?
-#### A: If you want to build the SkyWalking Python Agent from source codes,
for some reasons, for example, you want to try the latest features that're not
released yet, please clone the source codes from GitHub and `make install` it:
+#### A: Download the source tar from [the official
website](http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/), and run the following
commands to build from source
+
+```shell
+$ tar -zxf skywalking-python-src-<version>.tgz
+$ cd skywalking-python-src-<version>
+$ make install
+```
+
+If you want to build from the latest source codes from GitHub, for some
reasons, for example, you want to try the latest features that are not released
yet, please clone the source codes from GitHub and `make install` it:
```shell
git clone https://github.com/apache/skywalking-python
@@ -23,4 +31,4 @@ git submodule update --init
make install
```
-**NOTE** that if you download the source codes (`.tgz`) from our official
website, simply run `make install` without `git submodule update --init`
because the submodules are packaged in the tar.
+**NOTE** that only releases from [the
website](http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/) are official Apache releases.
