From b9e6d02aa28a7ed938dcf9b10bcaf787509737fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hai Nguyen Mau Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:20:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] warning for apt-get install scrapyd on ubuntu As determined over at Scrapy, the apt-get method is based on an outdated package and an install won't work (even if instructions are correctly followed) on Ubuntu 16.04 and above.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 https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/issues/2137 for further information. --- docs/install.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst index f7a4b87b..17f45786 100644 --- a/docs/install.rst +++ b/docs/install.rst @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ send a pull request on Github. Installing Scrapyd in Ubuntu ---------------------------- +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