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add warning for apt-get install scrapyd on ubuntu
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As determined over at Scrapy, the apt-get method is based on an outdated package and an install won't work (even if instructions are correctly followed) on Ubuntu 16.04 and above. See scrapy/scrapy#2137 for further information.
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mauhai committed Oct 19, 2017
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Installing Scrapyd in Ubuntu
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Caution!

These packages are currently not updated and may not work on Ubuntu 16.04 and above.

Scrapyd comes with official Ubuntu packages ready to use in your Ubuntu
servers. They are shipped in the same APT repos of Scrapy, which can be added
as described in `Scrapy Ubuntu packages`_. Once you have added the Scrapy APT
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