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authorAdam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>2015-05-06 13:03:25 +0100
committerAdam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>2015-05-06 13:07:30 +0100
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Installation
------------
+### Manual installation
+
`git-deps` requires [Pygit2](http://www.pygit2.org/), so first
[install that](http://www.pygit2.org/install.html). If you are using
Linux, there is a good chance that your distribution already offers
@@ -135,6 +137,13 @@ functionality, you will need to install some dependencies:
* You will need the [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/) Python
module installed.
+### Installation via Docker
+
+Rather than following the above manual steps, you can try
+[an alternative approach created by Paul Wellner Bou which facilitates running `git-deps` in a Docker container](https://github.com/paulwellnerbou/git-deps-docker).
+This has been tested on Ubuntu 14.10, where it was used as a way to
+circumvent difficulties with installing `libgit2` >= 0.22.
+
Usage
-----