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.
 
+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
 -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -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.
 
-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