create a new section of the getting started page that lets people know

[monkeysphere.git] / website / getting-started-user.mdwn

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@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ done with a simple cronjob.  An example of crontab line to do this is:
 
 This would refresh your keychain every day at noon.
 
 
 This would refresh your keychain every day at noon.
 

+Install the monkeysphere software on your system
+------------------------------------------------
+
+If you haven't installed monkeysphere yet, you will need to [download
+and install] (/download) before continuing.
+
+Make sure that you have the GnuTLS library version 2.6 or later
+installed on your system. If you can't (or don't want to) upgrade to
+GnuTLS 2.6 or later, there are patches for GnuTLS 2.4 available in
+[the Monkeysphere git repo](/community).

 
 Keeping your `known_hosts` file in sync with your keyring
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 Keeping your `known_hosts` file in sync with your keyring
 -----------------------------------------------------------


@@ -87,18 +97,9 @@ Using your OpenPGP authentication key for SSH
 Once you have created an OpenPGP authentication subkey, you will need
 to feed it to your ssh agent.
 
 Once you have created an OpenPGP authentication subkey, you will need
 to feed it to your ssh agent.
 

-Currently (2008-08-23), gnutls does not support this operation. In order
-to take this step, you will need to upgrade to a patched version of
-gnutls. You can easily upgrade a Debian system by adding the following
-to `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/monkeysphere.list`:
-
-       deb http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls
-       deb-src http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls
-
-Next, run `aptitude update; aptitude install libgnutls26`.
-
-With the patched gnutls installed, you can feed your authentication
-subkey to your ssh agent by running:
+The GnuTLS library supports this operation as of version 2.6, but
+earlier versions do not.  With a recent version of GnuTLS installed,
+you can feed your authentication subkey to your ssh agent by running:

 
        $ monkeysphere subkey-to-ssh-agent
 
 
        $ monkeysphere subkey-to-ssh-agent